Henry M Elder

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13253.jpeg UPL 13253 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

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Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.

Killed in Action (KIA) 13 December 1942 While on temporary assignment to North Africa, on bombing run on port at Bizerte Roche moved in for an extra, more exact run on the target. 'Ambrose II' B-24D-10-CO 41-23909 suffered hit to gas line. Roche and the crew made a dead stick landing (previously thought impossible for a bomber). Stranded on the Algerian desert, the crew spent the night protecting the plane from natives.



AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in action

13 December 1942

Born

Kentucky

Buried

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Sources

ABMC, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.54 Ted's Travelling Circus by Cal Stewart pp. 49-50. Picture of pilot, copilot and 'Ambrose' / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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