Roy Ellis-Brown
MilitaryRoy 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.
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