Ernest R Skilton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Shot down during an engagement with over 30 enemy aircraft. Not seen to go down. Lt Skilton KIA. 16-Mar-44. MACR 3380.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Los Angeles, CA, USA 15 November 1921

Other

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 26 January 1944 - 16 March 1944 Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promoted

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 10 March 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Gussenstadt, 89547 Gerstetten, Germany 16 March 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Shot down during an engagement with over 30 enemy aircraft. Not seen to go down. Lt Skilton KIA. 16-Mar-44. MACR 3380.
Hollywood, California, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3380 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html