Ellis Burnett McClintick

Military
media-35361.jpeg UPL 35361 Norman T. Brown, Roy Holmberg and Ellis McClintick, 390th Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron.

Correspondence to the American Air Museum from Ellis McClintick, 390th Bomb Group.

Object Number - UPL 35361 - Norman T. Brown, Roy Holmberg and Ellis McClintick, 390th Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron.

Served in the Air Force for 30 years. Served as a navigator during the war. Retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel



Flew 35 missions as a navigator with the 390th BG.



Completed pilot training after the war and got 1000 hours on B-17s after 1945.



Legion of Meritw/2 ofc; Air Medal w 4/Oak Leaf Cluster. EAME medal, DFC



Founding Member of the American Air Museum. Attended the opening in 1997.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mairzey Doats aka Mister Completely
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Carry
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: G I Wonder
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Twenty-One Or Bust
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 25 October 1944
The flak damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 398th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '54600 AC- England- 1st lt Lawrence M De Lancey, Corvallis, Oregon, landed this B-17 safely after its nose was literally shot away by flak over Cologne, Germany. Please Credit: Official US Air Force Photo.' Printed caption on image: 'This B-17 landed safely after losing its nose to flak. US AAF Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '43-38172 of 398th BG.'
  • Date: 15 October 1944
  • Date: 12 October 1944
  • Date: 5 October 1944
  • Date: 2 October 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bucklin, Missouri 13 February 1922
Girard, Kansas 30 January 1942

Enlisted

16 October 1942

Other

390th Bomb Group Combat Tour

Framlingham Airfield, UK 18 March 1944 - 25 October 1944 Completed a 35 mission tour

Revisions

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Correspondence to the American Air Museum from Ellis McClintick, 390th Bomb Group.

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ContributorEmily
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Ellis told me details of his service at the 8th Air Force Reunion, Omaha, NE 14 Oct 2015

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

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