Gadd, Elliott Leroy

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Gadd, Elliott Leroy ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-747390 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #96 dated 14 September 1943, effective 14 September 1943.
Duty	Co-pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	9 April 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Additional Information	Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to Coombe House Hotel, Semley Dorsey (A Flak house) on or about 25 February 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #35 dated 21 February 1944. This order was rescinded per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #37 dated 24 February 1944. Granted a seven day sick leave on or about 20 March 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #51 dated 17 March 1944.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 3653⇓ (14.958 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Johnson, Erwin Crawford⇗	Pilot	WIA
2nd Lt. Gadd, Elliott Leroy	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Bailey, William Eugene⇗	Navigator	CT
2nd Lt. Littleton, George James⇗	Bombardier	POW
S/SGT. Baker, Earl Shelton, "Jeff"⇗	Nose Gunner	CT
T/SGT. Ranallo, Sam David⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
T/SGT. Hunt, Leo Albert⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Couture, Clement Adrian⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Parsons, Lawrence Lincoln⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Fless, Gustave (NMI)⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 19 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
28⇗	4 October 1943	Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑29712⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
31⇗	10 October 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑30026⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
32⇗	14 October 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑29784⇗	Combat Mission Credit Crew bailed out over England; their battle-damaged aircraft crash-landed near Baydon, Wiltshire. Erwin C. Johnson and Elliott L. Gadd were injured as a result of bailing out. Johnson did not fly again. Gadd remained off flight status until 5 December 1943. Sortie Report⇗
40⇗	5 December 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France	Tail Gunner	42‑3441⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing lead. Sortie Report⇗
41⇗	11 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑29723⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
42⇗	13 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Observer	42‑3491⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing lead: Lt. Col. Eugene Romig (351st BG) Flight Leader, with former 384th pilot Lecates. PFF ship and personnel not identified were provided by the 482nd BG at Alconbury. Sortie Report⇗
46⇗	24 December 1943	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France	Co-pilot	42‑30026⇗	Combat Mission Credit Composite group, low Squadron lead, Sortie Report⇗
47⇗	30 December 1943	Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑3492⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead; aircraft, and remaining unidentified crew, supplied by 482BG at Alconbury. Lecates (P) was formerly a 384th pilot: he had transferred to the 482nd after completing a combat tour. Sortie Report⇗
52⇗	11 January 1944	Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑31211⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑29636⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
57⇗	3 February 1944	Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑29636⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Group. Sortie Report⇗
58⇗	4 February 1944	Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑29636⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st A Combat Wing. Landed away on return at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
63⇗	20 February 1944	Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑39991⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41B Group Lead. Turned back at 1105 hrs because of failure of #2 engine. Sortie Report⇗
67⇗	25 February 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑39991⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗
70⇗	3 March 1944	Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑39991⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗
73⇗	8 March 1944	Target: Erkner Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑38014⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
74⇗	9 March 1944	Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑31375⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
75⇗	16 March 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly & Repair Works Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97477⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑31222. Sortie Report⇗
85⇗	29 March 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97139⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Landed away at RAF Cottesmore, Rutland, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
86⇗	9 April 1944	Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑31740⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Hit by flak at 1546 hrs; left wing root on fire; the aircraft was seen circling under control and 10 chutes emerged; crashed east of Schleswig, Germany. Sortie Report⇗

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