Eldon Russell Personette

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
The insignia of the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group. media-395111.jpg FRE 5168 The insignia of the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

MACR for B-24J 42-50467

Object Number - FRE 5168 - The insignia of the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group.

Assigned to the 701st Bombardment Squadron (H) in September 1944 as a Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA) 26 November 1944 in B-24 #42-50467 (WV✪W) of the 702nd Bombardment Squadron (H). AM*, PH.



*General Orders #308, Headquarters, 2nd Bombardment Division, 17 November 1944.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 26 November 1944

Events

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Born

Spencer Brook, Minnesota, USA 22 October 1924 Birth Name: Irvin Russell Personett; Parents: Irvin Rusell Personett, Sr. and Effie A. Boden

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Name Change

Minnesota, USA 27 July 1942 Changed name from Irvin Russell Personett to Eldon Russell Personette

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Award

17 November 1944 Air Medal (G.O. #308, Headquarters, 2nd Bombardment Division, 17 November 1944)

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Hanover, Germany 26 November 1944 Aboard B-24J-401-CF #42-50467 (WV✪W)

Buried

Fort Snelling National Cemetery 26 April 1950 Minneapolis, MN, USA

Enlisted

Inducted (drafted) into the U.S. Army Air Corps

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445th Bomb Group Aircraft Database

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Ancestry.com, findagrave.com

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Source: Air Force Award Cards, National Archives

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Birth Certificate

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MACR for B-24J #42-50467

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MACR for B-24J #42-50467

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Ancestry.com - Interment Control Forms

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Birsic, SO#265 12 Oct 44, MACR 11214, 2AD Honor Roll / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11214 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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