James V Elduff

Military
media-41604.jpeg UPL 41604 B-17 42-31545 'Bad Time Inc' after its forced landing.

L-R: Pat Fusci, Unk, Bryant, Elduff, Meeuwsen, Clausen

https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-31545-bad-time-inc/42-31545/

Object Number - UPL 41604 - B-17 42-31545 'Bad Time Inc' after its forced landing. L-R: Pat Fusci, Unk, Bryant, Elduff, Meeuwsen, Clausen

Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. 44 x combat missions. ETD

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

Post war: Served in Korean War.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

People

Albert P Banks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group

Charles R Carlisle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Ras Morrell Clausen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Patrick J Fusci

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32706238
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Norbert Anthony Meeuwsen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39319586
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Aircraft

42-31545

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Time Inc.
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

44-8418

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Time Inc II
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Philadelphia County, PA 2 July 1920

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA 17 February 1941 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died

Wernersville, PA 11 June 2017

Buried

Calvary CemeteryWest Conshohocken, PA 21 June 2017 Calvary Cemetery West Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA

Revisions

Date
ContributorJohnElduff
ChangesChanges to Role of Honour Picture. Changes to Role of Honour Picture
Sources

Discharge papers

Date
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

https://457thbombgroupassoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Eyewitnes.pdf

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/122109472
https://www.fold3.com/record/85202615-james-v-elduff
http://457thbombgroup.org/Narratives/MA53.HTML
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/inquirer/obituary.aspx?pid=185840897
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180423554/james-v_-elduff

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/122109472
https://www.fold3.com/record/85202615-james-v-elduff
http://457thbombgroup.org/Narratives/MA53.HTML
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/inquirer/obituary.aspx?pid=185840897
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180423554/james-v_-elduff

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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