Charles T Ellman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-38159.jpeg UPL 38159 Charles T. Ellman. Photo from his High School Yearbook. 1939 Charles T. Ellman

Tom Clark, Teacher and Curator of the Veterans Museum of Schererville, Indiana

Object Number - UPL 38159 - Charles T. Ellman. Photo from his High School Yearbook. 1939

KOF 30 December 1943 on mission to IGF factory at Ludwigshaven. In B17#42-39780 'Little Twink'







On bomb run, ac hit by flak and lost #3 engine. Hit by flak again over Frankfurt and unable to keep in formation, RAF escorted a/c to Hawkinge where a/c crash landed. Unfortunately 7 crew members baled out but parachutes failed to open. 5 KOF 5 RTD

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 351st Bomb Group inside a B-17 Flying Fortress . Passed for publication 1 Jan 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'Five "Fortress" Men Killed In Parachute Jump After "Biggest Ever" Day Raid On Germany. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Back at their home base in the 'plane which went to pick them up, the five survivors of the Flying Fortress "Little Twink" talk over their experience. They are (left to right): Sgt. Seymour Zeitler, gunner, of 145 Amherst St. Brooklyn, N.Y.; Lt. Joseph Adami

42-39780

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Twink
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron

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Tom Clark, Teacher and Curator of the Veterans Museum, Schererville, Indiana

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/

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