Richard Harley Elliott
MilitaryHit by flak on a mission to Frankfurt, GR on 20 Mar 1944, B-24H #42-64447 'Commanche' exploded in the air and crashed SE of Dieppe, FR after the crew baled out. He was an Allied Air Evader and escaped over the Pyrenees with my uncle who was an SOE agent. Please contact Suzanne Siebert or Willem Mugge for further information. You can find his Escape & Evasion report at the NARA in Washington DC: #852 S/Sgt Richard H Elliott 448BG/712BS (B-24) 42-64447 The Commanche FTR Mar 44 - Pyrenees June 44
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18052669 / O-724574
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Comanche
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Please see the NARA in Wash DC for his Escape and Evasion report. https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/5555493/content/arcmedia/nw/3…
Please contact Suzanne Siebert at wordwar2agent.com for further information. This Airman evader capture (he was not POW) and met up with my uncle who was a Dutch (British trained) Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agent--he along with another US Airman, 2 Belgians and my uncle Tobias Biallosterski crossed the Pyrenees into Spain and eventually Gibraltar and back to the UK.
Please contact Suzanne Siebert at www.worldwar2agent.com for more information
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3340, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces