The remains of Robert Elliott have been recovered in Romania in February 2023. US Army has notified local SAR chapter that re-interment at the Plains Cemetery will occur on 1 August 2023, 80 years to the date after his flight and crew were lost. Further details will be published in Liberal Leader & Times as details are available.
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PRESS RELEASE | Feb. 13, 2023
Airman Accounted For From World War II (Elliott, R.)
WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Robert C. Elliott, 24, killed during World War II, was accounted for Feb. 8, 2023.
In the summer of 1943, Elliott was assigned to the 343rd Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the aircraft on which Elliot worked as an assistant engineer, was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and crashed during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. Elliott's remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil
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Gunner S/SGT Robert C. Elliott DFC KIA
Hometown: Plains, Kans.
Squadron: 343rd BS 98th Bomb Group
Service# 38013630
Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/LT Lawrence L. Hadcock KIA
Target:Campina, Rumania - Ploesti
Mission: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40655
Aircraft Model B-24D-
Aircraft Letter: S
Aircraft Name:FOUR EYES
Location: Fighter -- 9 KIA (2 from 389th BG )
Robert Elliott was a gunner in the 98th Bomb Group when he was killed. His name appears Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy, Find A Grave Memorial# 56363398 his body was never recovered. His Kansas memorial is a cenotaph.
Sgt. Elliott lost his life in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the 98th destroys the Romanian oil refinery. Sgt Elliott was awarded Distinguished flying cross for his valor.
Visit the virtual cemetery of the "FOUR EYES"" Crew.
NARA records list this soldiers Home of Record as Meade County, Kansas...Finding Of Death.
contributor, tdstanton25 (49463953)
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PRESS RELEASE | Feb. 13, 2023
Airman Accounted For From World War II (Elliott, R.)
WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Robert C. Elliott, 24, killed during World War II, was accounted for Feb. 8, 2023.
In the summer of 1943, Elliott was assigned to the 343rd Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the aircraft on which Elliot worked as an assistant engineer, was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and crashed during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. Elliott's remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil
Contributor: usafdo (48612389)
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Gunner S/SGT Robert C. Elliott DFC KIA
Hometown: Plains, Kans.
Squadron: 343rd BS 98th Bomb Group
Service# 38013630
Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/LT Lawrence L. Hadcock KIA
Target:Campina, Rumania - Ploesti
Mission: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40655
Aircraft Model B-24D-
Aircraft Letter: S
Aircraft Name:FOUR EYES
Location: Fighter -- 9 KIA (2 from 389th BG )
Robert Elliott was a gunner in the 98th Bomb Group when he was killed. His name appears Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy, Find A Grave Memorial# 56363398 his body was never recovered. His Kansas memorial is a cenotaph.
Sgt. Elliott lost his life in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the 98th destroys the Romanian oil refinery. Sgt Elliott was awarded Distinguished flying cross for his valor.
Visit the virtual cemetery of the "FOUR EYES"" Crew.
NARA records list this soldiers Home of Record as Meade County, Kansas...Finding Of Death.
The remains of Robert Elliott have been recovered in Romania in February 2023. US Army has notified local SAR chapter that re-interment at the Plains Cemetery will occur on 1 August 2023, 80 years to the date after his flight and crew were lost. Further details will be published in Liberal Leader & Times as details are available.
contributor, tdstanton25 (49463953)
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PRESS RELEASE | Feb. 13, 2023
Airman Accounted For From World War II (Elliott, R.)
WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Robert C. Elliott, 24, killed during World War II, was accounted for Feb. 8, 2023.
In the summer of 1943, Elliott was assigned to the 343rd Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the aircraft on which Elliot worked as an assistant engineer, was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and crashed during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. Elliott's remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil
Contributor: usafdo (48612389)
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Gunner S/SGT Robert C. Elliott DFC KIA
Hometown: Plains, Kans.
Squadron: 343rd BS 98th Bomb Group
Service# 38013630
Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/LT Lawrence L. Hadcock KIA
Target:Campina, Rumania - Ploesti
Mission: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40655
Aircraft Model B-24D-
Aircraft Letter: S
Aircraft Name:FOUR EYES
Location: Fighter -- 9 KIA (2 from 389th BG )
Robert Elliott was a gunner in the 98th Bomb Group when he was killed. His name appears Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy, Find A Grave Memorial# 56363398 his body was never recovered. His Kansas memorial is a cenotaph.
Sgt. Elliott lost his life in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the 98th destroys the Romanian oil refinery. Sgt Elliott was awarded Distinguished flying cross for his valor.
Visit the virtual cemetery of the "FOUR EYES"" Crew.
NARA records list this soldiers Home of Record as Meade County, Kansas...Finding Of Death.
contributor, tdstanton25 (49463953)
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PRESS RELEASE | Feb. 13, 2023
Airman Accounted For From World War II (Elliott, R.)
WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Robert C. Elliott, 24, killed during World War II, was accounted for Feb. 8, 2023.
In the summer of 1943, Elliott was assigned to the 343rd Bombardment Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the aircraft on which Elliot worked as an assistant engineer, was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and crashed during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. Elliott's remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil
Contributor: usafdo (48612389)
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Gunner S/SGT Robert C. Elliott DFC KIA
Hometown: Plains, Kans.
Squadron: 343rd BS 98th Bomb Group
Service# 38013630
Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/LT Lawrence L. Hadcock KIA
Target:Campina, Rumania - Ploesti
Mission: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40655
Aircraft Model B-24D-
Aircraft Letter: S
Aircraft Name:FOUR EYES
Location: Fighter -- 9 KIA (2 from 389th BG )
Robert Elliott was a gunner in the 98th Bomb Group when he was killed. His name appears Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery Florence, Italy, Find A Grave Memorial# 56363398 his body was never recovered. His Kansas memorial is a cenotaph.
Sgt. Elliott lost his life in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the 98th destroys the Romanian oil refinery. Sgt Elliott was awarded Distinguished flying cross for his valor.
Visit the virtual cemetery of the "FOUR EYES"" Crew.
NARA records list this soldiers Home of Record as Meade County, Kansas...Finding Of Death.
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