Herbert W Elin
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Faces of Cambridge at the Cambridge American Cemetery.
Object Number - UPL 60427 - 1st Lt. Herbert W Elin (O-767172) of 78th fighter group, 84th Squadron, killed in P-51D Mustang (44-63181 WZ-C) which crashed 7 miles North of...
Killed after taking off from Station 357 (Duxford) in a crash 7 miles North of Bassingbourn near Wimpole Hall on 13 January 1945 in P-51D Mustang 44-63181 (WZ-C). Probable cause was instrument failure whilst flying in heavy cloud. Noted that the 84th had only recently converted from P-47 Thunderbolts. Lt. Elin is buried at the Cambridge Madingley Cemetery
AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
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Died |
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Revisions
Added timeline for converting from P-47 per Aces of the 78th by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver.
ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
