Elton A Skinner
Military
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UPL 44409
Garland B. Lloyd Crew
95th BG - 334th BS
Standing Left to Right: Garland B. Lloyd (P), Willys P. Jones (CP), Elton Skinner (N), Russell Allman (B)
Kneeling Left to Right: Marion Gilmore (FE), George R. Robinson (LWG), John Janssen (R/O), Porter B. Hyght (RWG), Victor P. Valek (TG), Ralph P. Rice (BTG)
The crew flew 22 missions and were shot down on 6 March 1944
95th BG - 334th BS
Standing Left to Right: Garland B. Lloyd (P), Willys P. Jones (CP), Elton Skinner (N), Russell Allman (B)
Kneeling Left to Right: Marion Gilmore (FE), George R. Robinson (LWG), John Janssen (R/O), Porter B. Hyght (RWG), Victor P. Valek (TG), Ralph P. Rice (BTG)
The crew flew 22 missions and were shot down on 6 March 1944
Damaged by fighter attacks on the return from a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31299 'Junior' maintained formation until finally crashing NW of Beilen, Holland after the crew baled out. Evaded.
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- Date: 5 February 1944
- Date: 4 February 1944
- Date: 3 February 1944
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 24 January 1944
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Tacoma, Washington, USA | 6 December 1918 | |
Enlisted |
Camp Blanding, Florida | 11 April 1941 | |
Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
Horham Airfield, UK | 13 December 1943 - 6 March 1944 | Flew 23 combat missions. 22 with his crew (Garland Lloyd) and one as a replacement with the Eugene Brink crew (24 Dec 1943) |
Died |
Tarpley, Texas | 12 June 2013 | |
Buried |
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas | 15 June 2013 | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Plot Section 23 Site 30 |
Other Shot Down/Evaded |
3 miles west of Hijken, Netherlands | 6 March 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2999 / MACR 2999, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database