Elmer Carlysle Gilcrease

Military

Shot down 30 November 1943 in B-17 #42-3317 'The Spirit of '76. ' Evaded. See the page with full details about his evasion at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fgilcreec.html

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Units served with

Staff Sergeant Rich, a top turret gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Rich top turret gunner 412 BS.'

412th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Paul William Appleby

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13028966
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert Carlisle Gilchrist

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-743442
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Max Gottlieb

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16101191
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator/Top Turret Gunner

Paul Edward Gregory

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-735954
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Arthur C Hensler

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-3317

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Spirit of '76
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	24 October 1923	Voth, Jefferson County, Texas
Other Bailed out	30 November 1943	of B-17 #42-3317 over Holland
Other Evaded capture (EVD)	30 November 1943 - 29 September 1944	helped by Dutch, Belgian and French citizens and members of the Resistance. Back in UK from Annecy, France on 29 September 1944.
		Sour Lake, Hardin County, Texas, USA

Revisions

Date13 Apr 2022 12:40:03

ContributorED-BB

ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events and person associations

Sources

Added address for his page at website www.evasioncomete.be

Date27 Sep 2014 18:08:52

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1559 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database