Warren L Ellis

Military

Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29895 'Black Swan', Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

Connections

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Porter Dudley Clemens

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19122414
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Rollin E Gater

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35488672
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Abraham Roke Lieberman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33325292
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Stuart Bernard Mendelsohn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15110512 / O-672379
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James Nicholas Quinn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12090499
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Aircraft

42-29895

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Black Swan
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 31 December 1943 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

Date6 Nov 2020 23:19:37
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to service number, events and place associations
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date6 Nov 2020 23:15:08
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:27:09
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1975 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database