Technical Sergeant Ellsworth F. Rillings was born 19th July 1924. His next of kin were his wife, Freda Rillings, and his parents, Roy and Anna Rillings. He was from Queens Village, Long Island, New York.
On September 9, 1944, he was the Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17 43-38092 of the 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron, when it was downed by a direct flak hit in the bomb bay over the target Mannheim, A/C disintegrated and crashed at Ludwigshafen, Germany. He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at St. Avold, France. Hi s awards were the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart
On September 9, 1944, he was the Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17 43-38092 of the 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron, when it was downed by a direct flak hit in the bomb bay over the target Mannheim, A/C disintegrated and crashed at Ludwigshafen, Germany. He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at St. Avold, France. Hi s awards were the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart
Technical Sergeant Ellsworth F. Rillings was born 19th July 1924. His next of kin were his wife, Freda Rillings, and his parents, Roy and Anna Rillings. He was from Queens Village, Long Island, New York.
On September 9, 1944, he was the Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17 43-38092 of the 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron, when it was downed by a direct flak hit in the bomb bay over the target Mannheim, A/C disintegrated and crashed at Ludwigshafen, Germany. He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at St. Avold, France. Hi s awards were the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart
On September 9, 1944, he was the Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17 43-38092 of the 379th Bomb Group, 527th Bomb Squadron, when it was downed by a direct flak hit in the bomb bay over the target Mannheim, A/C disintegrated and crashed at Ludwigshafen, Germany. He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at St. Avold, France. Hi s awards were the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart
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Entered the service from New York.
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