Allan Vaughan Elston

Military

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
  • Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
  • Aircraft Type: L-4 Grasshopper
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 381st Service Squadron 88th Troop Carrier Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Springfield, Missouri 18 August 1920

Other

Combat Mission

Niedermedig, Germany 3 August 1944 Mission to photograph airfields at Marville, St. Omer, Chievres, Nivelles, Liege, Raube, Niedermedig

Other

Combat Mission

Avranches, France 5 August 1944 43-28616

Other

Combat Mission

Dreux, France 7 August 1944 42-67359

Other

Combat Mission

Amiens, France 9 August 1944 Dunkirk, Amiens, Cap Griz Nez, Le Crotoy, Abbeville, Gravelines, Dieppe 42-68235

Other

Combat Mission

Antwerp, Belgium 13 August 1944 Mission to photograph railroads: Courtrai-Ghent-Malines-Antwerp 43-29030

Other

Combat Mission

Beauvais, France 14 August 1944 42-67332

Other

Combat Mission

Trier, Germany 15 August 1944 Trier HQ, Airfields at Furnes, Chievres, Florennes, St. Trond, Brussels 43-29030

Other

Mission/Forced Landing

Vasteras, Sweden 22 September 1944 Forced to land in Sweden after losing an engine over Stettin, Germany

Died

Los Angeles, California 7 April 1976
Los Angeles, California Worked for the Vega Division of Lockheed

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

Corrected spelling of first name

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=1908243…
"Eyes of the Eighth" - Patricia Fussell Keen
Pages 358-362

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia