Sam Paul Eliah
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Service (KIS) 27 May 1943 in an accident at Alconbury, ground crew were loading bombs into B-17s for the next day's mission when several bombs detonated. 19 were killed and 14 injured.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Niagra City, New York | 3 February 1918 | |
Other Killed in Service (KIS) |
Alconbury, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England | 27 May 1943 | |
Buried |
Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, USA | Gate of Heaven Cemetery |
Revisions
Changed the label for a Died event to “Killed in Service (KIS)” per info in the "Summary biography".
Added an association to the A/C #42-29685 per the casualty list in the A/C description section.
Added his middle name and a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 142222898.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142222898/sam-paul-eliah
Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.1 by Bishop & Hey p. 134, WWII National monument web site