Elmer R Vollrath
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 6 September 1942 in B-17E #41-9026 'Baby Doll' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Crashed into Channel. Killed in Action (KIA)
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Baby Doll
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 342nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 September 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 6 September 1942 | Aircraft crashed into the English Channel as a result of attacks by German fighters. His remains were never recovered. |
Born |
Illinois, USA | ||
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16489 / https://www.fold3.com/image/38639399/
Lee Cunningham 15-Nov-2014. Connections; events; Summary biography added.
Lee Cunningham 20-Oct-2014 Missing Air Crew Report 16489, American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
MACR 16489 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database