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John R Elder

World War II · US Army · Sergeant First Class

Rank: Sergeant First Class
United States of America

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Casualty, Military Service, Other, PeopleUS, WWII Army and Army Air Force Casualty List, 1946
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Child Record29 Oct 2013
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Memorial27 Nov 2008
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B-24H-1-FO - #42-7554
B-24H-1-FO - #42-7554 Tail End Charlie lost at Mirns - Bakhuizen on 22-12-1943 (SGLO ref: T3256)
John R. Elder (1921 - 1943) - Find A Grave Memorial
The Story of “Tail End Charlie”
Co-Pilot Bevins debrief report to Army in 1945
John R Elder | American Air Museum in Britain
MACR Summary - new_445BG#42-7554 listed as shot down
John R. Elder (1921 - 1943) - Find A Grave Memorial
enlistment record
Get One A/C Group445th BG Assignments
Mission to Osnabruck & Munster
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66114626
http://www.heritageleague.org/brian/54.pdf
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/b-24-liberator/B-2411238.html
http://www.teunispats.net/t3256.htm
http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-2946.pdf