Roy Ellis-Brown

Military
media-32319.jpeg UPL 32319 "Buckingham Palace, London England - 1st Lt Roy Ellis-Brown 29 of 57 Gerdner St Hamilton, Mass was recently invested with the British DFC. Ellis-Brown was awarded this decoration for extraordinary achievement in combat when he piloted Stirling and Lancaster bombers in fifty four raids over Nazi Europe. While a yank in the RAF Roy was one of the first Americans to participate in the bombing of Berlin. Last year he transferred from the RAF to the USAAF and was commissioned as a 1st Lt he is now a pilot in an air transport squadron of the ferry and transport service flying giant Consolidated B-24 Liberator cargo planes. Although born in Sioux City, IA he calls Hamilton, Mass his hometown where his parents reside. Present at the decoration and ceremony was his charming English wife, the former Pamela de Gray."

Object Number - UPL 32319 - "Buckingham Palace, London England - 1st Lt Roy Ellis-Brown 29 of 57 Gerdner St Hamilton, Mass was recently invested with the British DFC....

Roy flew as a Flt/Lt in 7th Sqn RAF on Wellington bombers before joining 214 Squadron RAF, flying 56 raids on Stirling and Lancaster bombers and completing 2 x tours. He then flew B-24's and de Havilland Mosquitos with the USAAF.



Service history with RAF:

1941 #20 Op Flying Unit ( Wellingtons ) 7th Squadron,

7th Sqd Conversion Flight,

1651 Conversion Flight,

214 Sqd 15-Jul-42, two (2) tours 56 Bombing Mission RAF



USAAF service:

Joined USAAF 3-Mar-43

310 Ferrying Squadron, Flying B24's,

Joined 25 Bomb Group, 654 Sqd flying Mosquito's Reconnaissance,

Promoted to Major and was Operations Officer.



RAF Awards: DFC, Mentioned in dispatches.



USAAF Awards: SS (OLC), BSM, DFC, AM, Croix de Guerre (palm), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x battle stars), American campaign medal.



Post war: Resigned from USAF in 1948 at rank of Major.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Places

Aerial photograph of Warton airfield looking north, the Ribble Estuary is on the left, 22 June 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/255. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: BAD-2

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sioux City, IA, USA 3 July 1914 Son of Ivor and Violet Ellis.

Based

Warton 3 March 1943 Transferred to USAAF. Initially with 310FRS, 27ATG, 9AF USAAF flying B-24s.

Died

New Smyrna Beach, FL, USA 22 June 1995

Enlisted

England, UK Enlisted RAF.

Other

Based

Odiham, Hook RG29, UK Assigned to 7th Sqn RAF (Odiham), transferring to 214 Sqn RAF (Stradishall).

Based

Watton Transferred to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF flying recon on de havilland Mosquitos.

Other

Promotion

Watton, Thetford IP25, UK Promoted to Major.
Hamilton, MA, USA

Revisions

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Sources

Removed source information added by Wattonman from biography

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Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.

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Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 18 (photo) / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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