Elmer S Dash
MilitaryAssigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. Fatal Mid Air Collision over Epinoy, crashed in B-26 42-96207, No MACR as accident. Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group 586th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-721645
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 15 019 555
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group 586th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Ambridge, PA | 1 September 1925 | Son of Stanley Anthony and Martha Eleanor [Gronkowski] Dash. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 15 November 1943 | |
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Died |
Epinoy, France | 18 December 1944 | |
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Based |
Boreham | 18 December 1944 | Assigned to 586BS, 394BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington County, Virginia |
Revisions
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Sources
Updated Highest Rank per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 49225586.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49225586/elmer-s-dash