Elliott Burleigh Ogden III
Military
Image re-loaded to correct the orientation. Original upload from user kdillard https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/56567.
Here is a photo of my grandfather, Elliot B. Ogden. He was the co-pilot on the "Nasty Habit" (1/4/44), aircraft 42-40057 (1/11/44), "Betty J" (2/5/44) and flew multiple times in the "Sac Hound" which he was shot down. I am his grand daughter and would love it if his photo was displayed.
Object Number - UPL 46111 - Elliot B. Ogden.
Shot down by ME109s and crashed SW of Namur, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 2 March 1944 in B-17G #42-31467 'Sac Hound'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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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: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17072159 at enlistment, then O-685775
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13075926 at enlistment, then O-808000
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17037059
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15340143
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35348050
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 2 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Hagenot, New York, USA | 13 October 1919 | the son of Elliott Burleigh Ogden Sr and Elfreda M. Ogden |
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Enlisted |
5 March 1942 | at Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York | |
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Other Bailed out |
2 March 1944 | of B-17 42-31467, shot down by fighters over Belgium | |
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Other captured |
2 March 1944 | near St-Gérard, near Mettet, 10 miles SW of Namur, Belgium. | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
2 March 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : "POW 15 May 1944... Returned to Military control 30 May 1945." | |
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Died |
26 December 2014 | in Frisco, Texas | |
| Richmond County, New York | |||
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Buried |
Elliott Ogden III rests at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas, Texas |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2742 / MACR 2742, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1211 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
