Paul Milton Ellington
Military
Object Number - UPL 18357 - Capt Paul M. Ellington of the 335th Ftr Sq, 4th FG poses at the tail of P-47C 41-6214.
Army Air Corps 1940. Was disciplined for hedge hopping, accepted honourable discharge rather than go into bombers as a Navigator or Bombardier.
Spartan training
Joined RAFVR Ottawa (Canada) December 1940. Shipped from Halifax (Canada) to Merseyside (United Kingdom).
Assigned to OTU at Firth of Fourth. Assigned 121 Sqn. Arrived as P/O just before Dieppe raid (August 19th, 1941).
Transferred as 2nd Lieutenant to 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, 8AF USAAF. served from October 14th, 1942 to March 4th, 1944 (POW).
December 21st, 1942 placed on DS (detached service - special mission, returned December 28th, 1942).
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant in April 1943.
February 3rd, 1944 designated Flight Commander C Flight
Hit by Flak North of Bruges (Belgium). Crashlanded near Maldegem (Belgium) on a bomber support mission to Berlin in P-51B 43-7004. Taken Prisoner of War (POW) and transferred to Stalag Luft I.
Post War worked for Texaco Oil Company.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 6th Fighter Wing Headquarters Squadron (6th Fighter Wing) 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 366th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Tulsa, Oklahoma | 31 May 1920 | Son of Percy F. and Marie Ellington. |
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Based |
Biggin Hill | 19 August 1941 - 14 October 1942 | Assigned 121 Sqn RAF arrived just before Dieppe raid August 19th, 1941. |
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Based |
Debden | 14 October 1942 - 4 March 1944 | Transferred to 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bart, Germany | 4 March 1944 - 29 April 1945 | Crashlanded at Maldegem, Belgium. From there to Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
15 December 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Slidell, LA, USA | 29 June 2001 | Died June, 29th, 2001, Slidell, Louisiana, USA |
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Buried |
2 April 2002 | Paul M. Ellington was interred at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors and with his wife Eleanor. | |
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Enlisted |
Ottawa, Canada | Joined RAFVR Ottawa December 1940. |
Revisions
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_e…
The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It By Gerald Astor
Information added from two duplicate records - original sources were Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list and MACR 3051 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_e…
The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It By Gerald Astor
Personal research & 4th fighter Group 'Debden Eagles' by Chris Bucholz.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3051, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
