Drexel Elmo Crites
MilitaryAssigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA) C-47A crash, one of 19 x killed aboard the transport that impacted a ridge, 5.5 miles short of Eglin AFB, Florida 8-Apr-51.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ripley, WV, USA | 28 October 1920 | Son of Harry Howard and Effie Gladys [Ballard] Crites. |
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Enlisted |
Charleston, WV, USA | 23 June 1942 | |
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Based |
Kings Cliffe | 26 March 1944 - 15 September 1944 | Assigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK | 26 June 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 15 September 1944 | Ended Tour Duty (ETD). |
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Died |
Eglin AFB, FL 32542, USA | 8 May 1951 | |
| Charleston, WV, USA | |||
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Buried |
Cunningham Memorial Park, 815 Cunningham Ln, St Albans, WV 25177, USA | Cunningham Memorial Park Saint Albans, Kanawha County, WV. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84221270-drexel-e-crites
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https://www.ang.af.mil/Media/Features/Article/863820/mclaughlin-air-nat…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140606246/drexel-elmo-crites
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list