Klein, Ellis Hall

Individual Personnel Data
Name Klein, Ellis Hall   ‡
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Rank Sergeant / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number 11041241   ‡
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943.
  • Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #59, effective 31 July 1943.
  • Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 25 November 1943, effective 19 November 1943.
  • Transferred to the A-2 Section, Headquarters, 1st Air Force, Mitchell Field, New York, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 13 December 1943, effective 6 December 1943.
Duty Flexible Gunner
MOS757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF
Last Duty Date 17 August 1943
Results Evaded Capture
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 21 July 1922
  • Appointed Staff Sergeant effective 15 June 1943 per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 18 June 1943.
  • Ellis H. Klein was shot down on 17 August 1943. He evaded capture and was returned to Allied Control in the UK on 8 November 1943.
    He was reassigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on 13 November 1943 and placed on Temporary Duty to Headquarters, 8th Air Force (A-2 Section) on 19 November 1943.
  • Promoted to Technical Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #159 dated 3 December 1943.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 291⇓ (1.714 MB)
Escape & Evasion Report # 192⇓ (9.092 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384th Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
Flt. Ofcr. Wilson, Clayton Russell⇗PilotPOW
2nd Lt. Brown, Dewey Carlyle, Jr⇗Co-pilotEV
2nd Lt. Bloesch, Fred Ernest, Jr⇗NavigatorPOW
2nd Lt. Stevens, Herman Daniel⇗BombardierPOW
S/SGT. Des Rochers, John Mowbray⇗Radio Operator / GunnerEV
S/SGT. Long, Vern Porter⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerEV
S/SGT. May, Herbert Ethred⇗Ball Turret GunnerKIA
S/SGT. Hook, Jack Franklin⇗Tail GunnerPOW
SGT. Klein, Ellis HallFlexible GunnerEV
S/SGT. Kendall, George Joseph, "Skeeter"⇗Flexible GunnerPOW
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 13 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗ 22 June 1943 Target: General Motors Truck Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Antwerp, Belgium 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
2⇗ 25 June 1943 Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens
Type: Military
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑30046⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Returned to base due to weather conditions; pilot was unable to maintain contact with the formation.
Sortie Report⇗
3⇗ 26 June 1943 Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Flying Spare Aircraft. Joined formation.
Sortie Report⇗
4⇗ 28 June 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
5⇗ 29 June 1943 Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑30040⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑30046.
Sortie Report⇗
6⇗ 4 July 1943 Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Le Mans, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron Deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
7⇗ 10 July 1943 Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
8⇗ 14 July 1943 Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
10⇗ 25 July 1943 Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard
Type: Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
11⇗ 28 July 1943 Target: Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑30046⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back when #2 supercharger failed.
Sortie Report⇗
12⇗ 29 July 1943 Target: Naval Base
Type: Military
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, wing deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
13⇗ 30 July 1943 Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑29927⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
15⇗ 15 August 1943 Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑3429⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
16⇗ 16 August 1943 Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑3429⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
17⇗ 17 August 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Waist (Flexible) Gunner 42‑30147⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Low Squadron lead. Damaged by enemy aircraft and flak; crashed about 20 miles north of Rheims (between Sissonne and Montcornet), France. MACR 291
Sortie Report⇗

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