Elroy Andrew Altendorf
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 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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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sweetheart
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
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- Date: 20 March 1944
- Date: 18 March 1944
![A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31761) nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge". Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial for Censor.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '310673.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'BACK FROM BERLIN. Scenes this week at a Bomber station of the U.S. Air Force , somewhere in England. The crew of the Flying Fortress "Rotherhithe's Revenge", a British subscribed ship](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380068.jpg.webp?itok=3h76SN3N)
- Date: 8 March 1944
- Date: 6 March 1944
- Date: 4 March 1944
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 24 April 1944 | |
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Buried |
Plot D Row 35 Grave 13 |
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Sources
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