Elvin Charles Detisch

Military
media-23128.jpeg UPL 23128 Crew members of the 755th Bomb Squadron, pose beside a Consolidated B-24 42-52382 'Wurf'Less' somewhere in England. 26 March 1944.

Rear L-R : S/Sgt Gene R Groll, 2Lt Paul M Stout, S/Sgt Elvin C Detisch, T/Sgt Wilbert L Grote, S/Sgt Edward R Worrell, 1Lt Edwin A Grant.
Front L-R : S/Sgt Charles B Burton Jr, 1Lt Edward C Gibbons, 1Lt Julius Gross, T/Sgt Joseph Conowall.

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A12059-A81749AC.

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Object Number - UPL 23128 - Crew members of the 755th Bomb Squadron, pose beside a Consolidated B-24 42-52382 'Wurf'Less' somewhere in England. 26 March 1944. Rear L-R :...

Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Gunner on B-24 42-52382.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Edwin Arnold Grant

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13070856 / O-733877
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52382

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wurf'less
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pittsburgh, PA 20 November 1918 Son of Henry and Aurelia [Degenhardt] Detisch.

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, PA 21 February 1941 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Died

Masontown, PA 13 February 1985

Buried

LaFayette Memorial Park Brier Hill Fayette County PA 16 February 1985 LaFayette Memorial Park Brier Hill Fayette County Pennsylvania, USA

Based

Horsham St Faith Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.fold3.com/record/86730762/world-war-ii-army-enlistment-reco…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142457424/elvin-c-detisch
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Elvin Charles Detisch: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 23128 - Crew members of the 755th Bomb Squadron, pose...

Object number: UPL 47456 - S/Sgt Elvin C Detisch, 458BG