Elroy Andrew Altendorf

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to the 384th BG 547th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, M Kravet Crew. Shot down over Oberpfoffenhofen, Germany on 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4238158. Killed in Action (KIA).

 

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

John S Cox

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Frank Dominick Felicetti

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12193753
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Greeley Gay

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-684311
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Kenneth D Gray

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39831267
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Claus Norman Gustafson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12129322
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

A 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (XK-R, serial number 41-24578) taxiis to take off from Chelveston airbase. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '124578, XK:R.' Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresses stati

41-24578

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Problem Child : Old Reliable
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 1 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

42-3441

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patches : The Spotted Cow
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-37788

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-37793

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Spirit Of Winsome Winn II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-37801

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Duchess : Dynamite Express
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Missions

315

  • Date: 24 April 1944
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'

311

  • Date: 22 April 1944

309

  • Date: 20 April 1944

301

  • Date: 13 April 1944

Places

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 24 April 1944

Buried

Plot D Row 35 Grave 13

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Correct surname from Attendorf to Altendorf.
See http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5007
And: https://www.abmc.gov/node/541852#.V2lWeU32aM8

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4352 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database