14th Fighter Group
Group
The 14th Fighter Group (USAAF) was a P-38 Lightning Group that fought in Tunisia and the Italian campaign, as well as providing bomber escorts for attacks across southern Europe.
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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).
Service
Units served with
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49th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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41-7677
P-38 Lightning
Flown by 2nd Lt Robert F. Elliott on a gunnery practice training flight 27 September 1942. Made forced landing on North Wales beach in surf off Llanbedr Sep 13, 1942 due to fuel exhaustion. Walked away unhurt. Plane was disarmed and only partially...
Associated Place
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Atcham
Military site : airfield
Atcham, at some remove from other American Air Force bases in Shropshire, was used by USAAF to train pilots from June 1942, several months before the American Eagle Squadrons were combined to form the 4th Fighter Group. Pilots here were mainly trained...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Virginia, United States | 5 September 1918 |
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the son of Bonus M. and Beulah (Hall) Elliott |
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| Enlisted | Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States | 29 July 1940 |
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in the Air Corps |
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| made ditching on training flight | off the beach at Llanbedr, Wales, United Kingdom | 27 September 1942 |
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in P-38F Serial 41-7677. Came out unharmed. |
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| Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing | Carthage American Cemetery, Tunisia | |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 11 December 2017 10:56:38 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename, nickname, service number, biography, awards, events and place associations |
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Fold 3 page for pilot Robert E. Elliott - https://www.fold3.com/page/529886855-robert-f-elliott |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:23:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / losses of the 8th & 9th |
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