Robert Clarence Elliot

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 1-Aug-43 Ploesti raid, part of crew on B-24 'Four Eyes' 42-40655. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 174



Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 389th Bomb Group stand with a B-24 Liberator used as a Flight Assembly Ship. Image via Tim Bivens. Handwritten caption from Bivens: 'My friend remembers it being named "Bucksheesh Benny" that it was used to fly Jack Benny around USA shows. Says it flew in North Africa with Benny and was eventually assigned to 389th as a hack and later as a form-up ship. He thinks it was originally with another group (possibly 376th or 98th).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '389th BG Form-up ship.'

98th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Zelwood Alpha Gravlin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31125292
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Lawrence Jack Hadcock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12051931 / O-793322
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-40655

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Four Eyes - Damfino
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Plains, KS 29 January 1919 Son of Roy C and Hattie G [Brown] Elliott.

Enlisted

Fort Bliss, El Paso, TX 13 November 1941 Fort Bliss, el Paso, Texas

Died

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Killed in Action (KIA) Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid and was part of crew on Four Eyes #4240655.
Kansas, USA

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy.

Based

Benina 1 August 1943 Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56363398/robert-clarence-elliott
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