Robert T Ellis
Military ROLL OF HONOURB-24H #42-94888 'Special Delivery II' collided with another B-24 on return from a mission to Kassel. KOM
2nd Lieutenant Robert T. Ellis was born October 22, 1922. His next of kin was his wife, Christine Ellis. He was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On September 27, 1944, he was aboard ‘Special Delivery II’, B-24 tail #42-94888, when it collided with another B-24 from its unit, the 489th Bomb Group, 844th Bomb Squadron, over Walberswick, Suffolk. There were no survivors from either plane.
He is buried in the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Philadelphia.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Special Delivery II
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, PA, USA | 22 October 1922 | 2nd Lieutenant Robert T. Ellis was born October 22, 1922. His next of kin was his wife, Christine Ellis. He was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
Died |
Walberswick, Southwold, Suffolk IP18, UK | 27 September 1944 | On September 27, 1944, he was aboard ‘Special Delivery II’, B-24 tail #42-94888, when it collided with another B-24 from its unit, the 489th Bomb Group, 844th Bomb Squadron, over Walberswick, Suffolk. There were no survivors from either plane. |
Buried |
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, 3301 Cheltenham Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19150, USA | He is buried in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Philadelphia. |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Vol 4, Pg 409