Ellsworth Jerome Seesz
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 23rd Station Complement, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Died on joyride aboard B-17 "Ready Freddie" when it crashed at Duxford.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ready Freddie
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Franklin, Renville County, MN | 20 January 1917 | Son of Edward John Carl and Ella J [Steffenson] Seesz. |
Enlisted |
Fort Snelling, MN | 20 April 1942 | Fort Snelling, Minnesota |
Died |
Duxford | 19 June 1944 | Non operational flight; crash at Duxford. Died non Battle (DNB) |
Buried |
20 June 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
Buried |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN | 14 August 1948 | Re-Interred Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota |
Based |
Duxford | 19 June 1944 | Assigned to 23rd Station Complement, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Duxford Diary