Robert Frederick Elliott

Military

Robert 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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 14th Fighter Group 49th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

Enlisted

Other

Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing

Carthage American Cemetery, Tunisia

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / losses of the 8th & 9th