Elmer Edward Neeson

Military

Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 26-Jul-43 in B-17 #42-30174 'Gorgeous Hussy', Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 90.





Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Robert Francis Tessier

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11023695 / O-791352
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30174

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Luck II
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag X-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 10-B, Sandbostel Concentration Camp

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pine Grove Township, MI 21 June 1924 Son of Roy Neeson.

Enlisted

Kalamazoo, MI 18 September 1942 Kalamazoo, Michigan

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Sandbostel, Germany 26 July 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Xb.

Other

Discharged USAAF

14 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Middleville, MI 22 February 1993

Buried

Robbins Cemetery Barry County, MI 25 February 1993 Robbins Cemetery Barry County, Michigan

Based

Bury St Edmunds 26 July 1943 Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 90