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Personal info

Full name
ELLENBURG, James Theodore
Date of birth
20 May 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Jack County, Texas

Military service

Service number
20814137
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner
Unit
326th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
26 July 1943
Place of death
North Sea, In the vicinity of Norderney Island, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
J. P. Ellenburg (father)
Mary (Raper) Woodward (mother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-29709
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Yo Brother
Destination: Hannover, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Continental Gummiwerke A. G. Tyre plant
MACR: 190

More information

Sgt James T. Ellenburg graduated from Jacksboro High School.
He served in the National Guard as was called to active duty on 8 August 1941 at Camp Bowie, Brownwood, Texas. He trained at Scott Field, Illinois and was sent overseas in August, 1942.

His plane was last seen to hit water about 10 minutes of island of Norderney with one engine on fire, tail chewed up. On 26 July 1943 when it failed to return due to a mid-air collision with a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea. All ten of the crewmen were KIA.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Texas Birth Index, www.fold3.com - MACR 190, http://92ndma.org/missions.htm#1943

Photo source: André Koch, GJ Ritchie Public Library (Jacksboro, Texas), Lanora Joslin, Fort Worth Star Telegram - 5 December 1942