Wilber H Elliott

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-26094.jpeg UPL 26094 Wilber H. Elliot, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25117

Object Number - UPL 26094 - Wilber H. Elliot, 93rd Bomb Group

Wilber Elliott was Left Waist gunner on B-24 #41-24025 'Satan's Chariot' on the 31 March 1943 mission to Rotterdam. The plane was last seen heading for England and was lost in the North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Still listed as Missing In Action (MIA)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16019012 and O-442942
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14057097
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11044159
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16023523
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-789817
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satan's Chariot
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 20 February 1942

Other

Missing In Action (MIA)

North Sea 31 March 1943 On board B-24 # 41-24025 when it was lost in the North Sea

Born

Indiana

Born

Hancock County, Indiana, United States

Other

Memorialized

Cambridge American Cemetery And Memorial, Coton, Cambridge, United Kingdom Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial  

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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ContributorED-BB
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NARA WWII Enlistment records
ABMC website
USAAF MIA list

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ContributorAAM
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ABMC, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 94, Ted's Travelling Circus by Carroll (Cal) Stewart, p. 89 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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