Esmonde Joseph Ellwart

Military

Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew on B-24 44-40202. Hannover mission 11-Sep-44 in B-24 42-95007. Hit by flak, 2 x crew baled out. Returned to Duty (RTD) MACR 9737





Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804490
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Scarsace
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wayne, MI 10 February 1923 Son of Joseph and Margaret Ellwart.

Enlisted

Detroit, MI 9 December 1942 Detroit, Michigan

Other

Returned (RTD)

Germany 11 September 1944 Hannover mission 11-Sep-44 in B-24 42-95007. Hit by flak, 2 x crew baled out. Returned to Duty (RTD) MACR 9737

Died

New Baltimore, MI 2 March 2010

Buried

Clinton Grove Cemetery Clinton Township, Macomb County, MI 5 March 2010 Clinton Grove Cemetery Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan

Based

Metfield Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9737 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Unit history