Elmer Gettis

Military

34 missions. Crashed with full bomb load on 12/24/44. Sabotage. Ten planes went down on same day. Seven leads or deputy leads in the 34 missions.



AM/ PH/ DFC



AM 5Oak Leaf Cluster; should have rec'd DFC

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97959

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rhapsody in Red
  • Unit: 1st Combat Bomb Wing 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Chicago, Illinois 8 October 1918

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; self / self