Robert Clarence Elliot
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 1-Aug-43 Ploesti raid, part of crew on B-24 'Four Eyes' 42-40655. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 174
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31125292
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12051931 / O-793322
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Four Eyes - Damfino
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Plains, KS | 29 January 1919 | Son of Roy C and Hattie G [Brown] Elliott. |
Enlisted |
Fort Bliss, El Paso, TX | 13 November 1941 | Fort Bliss, el Paso, Texas |
Died |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) Flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid and was part of crew on Four Eyes #4240655. |
Kansas, USA | |||
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy. | ||
Based |
Benina | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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