Elze W Surratt

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A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

Elze W Surratt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18179394
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic Gunner 748

Aircraft

42-95291

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Thumper
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Wounded

Saarbrücken, Germany 27 May 1944 Wounded and then permanently grounded on July 15, 1944.

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Added by son, Gary Surratt

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Corrected by Gary Surratt, son

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Information from Gary Surratt, son

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703rd bomb squadron added by Gary Surratt, son

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Submitted by Gary Surratt, son

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List of mission numbers, targets and dates with the 703 Bomb Sq. and 445th Bomb GP. submitted by Gary Surratt, son

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Army of the United States honorable Discharge, submitted by Gary Surratt,son

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Birsic & Page 420 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia