Charles S Elder Jr

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media-37185.jpeg UPL 37185 Charles "Chilly" Elder Jr. Charles St. Clair Elder Jr.

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Object Number - UPL 37185 - Charles "Chilly" Elder Jr.

Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38050

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Garden City, New York 15 February 1924

Died

5 January 1945

Enlisted

Buried

Locust Valley Cemetery, Glen Cove, New York Locust Valley Cemetery Glen Cove, New York

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2442&h=8762821…

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Contributorlaurapew
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Laura Pew, niece

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Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Charles S Elder: Gallery (6 items)

Object number: UPL 37180 - Obituary - Charles St. Clair Elder Jr. "Chilly"

Object number: UPL 37182 - Charles St. Clair Elder, Jr. WW II

Object number: UPL 37183 - Charles St. Clair Elder ("Chilly")

Object number: UPL 37184 - Chilly Elder (WW II)

Object number: UPL 37185 - Charles "Chilly" Elder Jr.