Ellsworth F Rillings
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 38712 - "A crew of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, poses for the photographer at an 8th Air force base in England on 25 June 1944."
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim; Disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8845
379th Anthology says he was killed when the plane crashed due to flak over the target.
Technical Sergeant Ellsworth F. Rillings was born July 19, 1924. His next of kin were his wife, Freda Rillings, and his parents, Roy and Anna Rillings. He was from Queens Village, Long Island, New York.
On September 9, 1944, he was the Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17 tail #43-38092 of the 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron, when it was downed over Ludwigshafen, Germany. He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at St. Avold, France.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32357621 / O-758272
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Gardner, Massachusetts, USA | 19 July 1924 | Technical Sergeant Ellsworth F. Rillings was born July 19, 1924. His next of kin were his wife, Freda Rillings, and his parents, Roy and Anna Rillings. He was from Queens Village, Long Island, New York. |
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Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 7 December 1942 | New York City, New York |
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Died |
Ludwigshafen, Germany | 9 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim; Disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8845 |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold Plot A Row 14 Grave 61 | ||
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Based |
Kimbolton | 9 September 1944 | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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 / MACR 8845 / MACR 8845; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 321 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database