Elmer H Reinhart
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 42-40371 'G. I. Gal' 1-Aug-43; crashed Ploesti Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2412
Awards: DFC, AM, POW, WWII Victory.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16109574
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35273527
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Illinois | 1 September 1916 | NoK : Sister residing Oakland California |
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Enlisted |
30 October 1942 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bucharest, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed on 1-Aug-43 while TDY to 9thAF for Ploesti Raid in B-24 'G. I. Gal' 42-40371. |
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Other |
23 October 1945 | ||
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Died |
22 December 2005 | ||
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Buried |
Saint Marys Cemetery Pesotum, Champaign County, IL | 25 December 2005 | Saint Marys Cemetery Pesotum, Champaign County, Illinois |
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Based |
Shipdham | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2412