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Military
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.
S/Sgt Elvin C Detisch, 458BG
Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Gunner on B-24 42-52382.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 13 missions. Instructor pilot in B-24 41-28718 on mission to Berlin. Attacked by Fw190's and dropped out of formation in spin with one engine knocked out. Landed in Rinkaby, Sweden, Interned (INT), 29...
Group
The 458th Bomb Group (H) entered combat with the 8th Air Force in February 1944. Based at Horsham St. Faith in England, the combat crews participated in the decisive Campaigns 'Big Week', 'Big B', D-Day and the assault on Germany's oil industry waged...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
Military site : airfield
Horsham St Faith was an RAF Bomber Command Station opened in June 1940. It was home to Bristol Blenheim medium-bombers, and was for a time occupied by fighters, including those of No. 19 Squadron and No. 264 Squadron. From September 1942 the airfield...
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| Born | Pittsburgh, PA | 20 November 1918 |
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Son of Henry and Aurelia [Degenhardt] Detisch. |
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| Enlisted | Pittsburgh, PA | 21 February 1941 |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Based | Horsham St Faith | 1943 – 1944 |
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Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Masontown, PA | 13 February 1985 |
| Buried | LaFayette Memorial Park Brier Hill Fayette County PA | 16 February 1985 |
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LaFayette Memorial Park |
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| 02 February 2021 23:38:42 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events and person associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/545838784 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 April 2020 19:40:32 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 August 2016 12:27:05 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/48253936/?terms=41-28718 |
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