Ellis Royal Pierson
MilitaryAssigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederndodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW) 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
Awards: AM (3 OLC), PH, 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: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15171461 / O-815242
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Queen of Hearts Lil Satan
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 September 1944
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 Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Sandis, Mississippi | 14 June 1924 | Son of Roscoe Perry and Esther Virginia [Mitchell] Pierson. |
Enlisted |
Fort Oglethorpe, GA | 4 February 1943 | Fort Oglethorpe Georgia |
Other Baled out POW |
Niederndodeleben, Germany | 28 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' Crashed at Niederndodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW) 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 28 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
18 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Gonzalez, FL | 1 August 2006 | |
Buried |
Bayview Memorial Park, Pensacola, FL | 4 August 2006 | Bayview Memorial Park Pensacola, Escambia County, FL |
Based Interned (INT) |
Kimbolton | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9364 / MACR 9364/self; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 325 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database