Samuel Floyd Elliott
MilitaryAssigned to 828BS, 485BG, 15 AF USAAF. Failed to return Linz, Austria 20-Jan-45 in B-24 42-52718 'Valiant Lady'; ran low on fuel, heading for the emergency strip on Viz Island, Yugoslavia. Engines cut out 2 miles short of the runway and was ditched into Viz harbour, whereupon the ship broke into two and sank. The crew at the front of the ship drowned including Oliver. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
21 August 1925 | ||
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Enlisted |
17 September 1943 | EnlistedCamp Dodge Herrold Iowa | |
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Died |
20 January 1945 | ||
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Buried |
10 January 1950 | Re-InterredJefferson Barracks National CemeteryLemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, |
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