Elbert Okey Price
MilitaryAssigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Gilze-Rijen in B-17 42-5392 'Stric Nine' 19-Aug-43; shot down, ditched North Sea, off Hoek van Holland. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 285
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18071114 / O-738242
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stric Nine : City of Albuquerque
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Summers, WV | 23 November 1914 | Son of Nettie E Price. |
Enlisted |
Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN | 1 October 1942 | Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana |
Other Ditched POW |
Off Hook of Holland | 19 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Gilze-Rijen in B-17 42-5392 'Stric Nine' 19-Aug-43; shot down, ditched North Sea, off Hoek van Holland. POW MACR 285 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 19 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
9 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
19 October 1998 | ||
Buried |
Florida National Cemetery Bushnell, Sumter County, FL | 22 October 1998 | Florida National Cemetery Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida |
Based |
Austria | 19 August 1943 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "-" in the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" section.
Added S/N and POW camp info from POW records at the National Archives.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 285 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database