Robert Frederick Elliott
MilitaryRobert Elliott was a fighter pilot with the 8th AAF in England, training on P-38s in the 14th Fighter Group/49th Fighter Squadron. Ditched P38 Serial 41-7677 off the coast of Wales, UK on a training flight 27 September 1942. Transferred to the North African Theatre, he was shot down by a Me109 on Dec 5, 1942 while on a mission to Bizerte, Tunisia in the follow-up to Operation Torch. Lt Elliott's body was never found and he is still listed as Missing In Action (MIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 14th Fighter Group 49th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Virginia, United States | 5 September 1918 | the son of Bonus M. and Beulah (Hall) Elliott |
Enlisted |
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States | 29 July 1940 | in the Air Corps |
Other made ditching on training flight |
off the beach at Llanbedr, Wales, United Kingdom | 27 September 1942 | in P-38F Serial 41-7677. Came out unharmed. |
Enlisted |
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Enlisted |
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Other Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing |
Carthage American Cemetery, Tunisia |
Revisions
Fold 3 page for pilot Robert E. Elliott - https://www.fold3.com/page/529886855-robert-f-elliott
http://tighar.org/Projects/P38/elliott.htm
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
US Censuses 1930 and 1940
DPAA Missing list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / losses of the 8th & 9th