Ernest De Los Santos
MilitaryErnest De Los Santos was Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on pilot Charles L. Duncan's "Judy E" - 42-30050, shot down by fighters over Dieppe, France 10 July 1943. Captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW).
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34332447
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798030
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37450306
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
28 April 1912 | Eastland, Eastland County, Texas, the son of Ernesto (1877-1939) and Angelita (Guajardo) De Los Santos (1887-1981) | |
Enlisted |
2 September 1941 | as a Private in the Air Corps, in Dallas, Texas | |
Other Bailed out |
10 July 1943 | of B-17 42-30050 over NW France, south of Dieppe | |
Other Prisoner of War |
10 July 1943 | Captured after landing in parachute in Normandy. Interned at Stalag XVIIB in Braunau, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW database : "Returned to Military Control 30 May 1945." | |
Born |
Eastland, Eastland County, Texas |
Revisions
Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.
Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 268
US Census 1930
SSDI Death Index
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 268 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database