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P47 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "E"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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Charles D. Easley
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P-47 57th Fighter
Group, 65th Fighter Squadron, 22nd T.A.C.
12th A.A.F. He flew 73 missions "Operation
Strangle" in Italy 1944-1945
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Lewis T. Easterling
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Easterling flew his 68th sortie on December 17 near Mannheim, Germany, attacking
railway marshaling yards containing supplies
destined for the "Bulge" at Bastogne. While
strafing, an explosion engulfed his plane
inflicting extensive damage. He headed his
flaming plane toward home receiving heavy
ground fire. When the propeller stopped
turning he attempted to bailout, but became
pinned to the side of the fuselage.......
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Edwin J. Eckert
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EDWIN J. ECKERT, born July 15,
1924 in Maningo, Iowa. A graduate of Maningo High School and Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa with a B.S.AG. Engineering
degree. Received wings at Foster Field Victoria, Texas with class of 44-G. After training in
P-40's and P-4 7's transferred to Germany in
1945 and joined the 527th Squadron of the
86th Fighter Group.
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Robert Marvin (Bob) Edward Jr
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Each time, the rugged Thunderbolt shrugged it off, and brought him home
without a scratch - except once, when he,
after landing, stood a Thunderbolt just as
straight up on the runway as possible to avoid
a crashed P-47 on the runway. He completed
52 missions, and was awarded the Air Medal
with 5 OLC
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William H. Ehney
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Ehney flew 90 missions
through November, dive bombing and strafing
supply routes; bridges; railroads; fuel and
ammo dumps; and close support attacks on
tanks and artillery. His aircraft, number 98,
was named for his wife, "Sweet Tina." He
Had one of the best ground crews, crew chief,
S/Sgt. F. Carman; Crewman, Sgt. M. Scrandingo; and Crewman, Sgt. W. Franklin
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John Leard Elder
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WWII FIGHTER ACE!
John Elder joined Army Reserves after Pearl Harbor and commissioned as Second Lieutenant following pilot training completion at Victoria Field, Texas. Interestingly enough Bert Marshall, Jr - a future fellow squadron commander for the 355th FG was his instructor. He joined the 50th FG which became the 355th FG in May 1942 and shipped overseas with the group in July 1943.
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David R. Eldridge
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In December, 1944 he was assigned to the
406th FG, 514th FS where he flew 23 ground
support missions in the Thunderbolt. Later he was
sent to TDY to a battalion of the 2nd Armored
Division. Here he flew an L-5 "Horsefly" Controller and helped direct flights of P-47's in their
ground support missions for tanks on the Allied
drive to Berlin. He received a battle field commission as 2nd Lieutenant
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Jack Elliot
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Gun camera and eye-witness accounts confirmed he
destroyed or probably destroyed sixty-two
enemy locomotives. This was believed by
HQS 12th Air Force to be one of the highest
single P47 pilot records in WWII. Also
confirmed, were four enemy aircraft
destroyed and two more probably destroyed
on the airdromes of north Italy and Austria.
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Thomas F. Ellis
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Took Flight training Gulf Coast Training
Command, graduating class 44B Eagle Pass,
Texas. At Venice, Florida completed P40
R.T.U. Joined the 86th Ftr. Gp., 527th Ftr.
Sqd. on Corsica. Flew 110 missions 1 E.A.
destroyed. On returning to the States
assigned Assistant Base Ops. Moore Field
Mission, Texas. In 1946 assigned to Wright
Patterson, Ohio, Fit. Test Division, then as
Civilian Personnel Officer.
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William M. Emory
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Followed construction career in
Knoxville, Tennessee from 1948 to present
(1980). Have been in charge of the construction of numerous buildings in the Knoxville area such as University of Tennessee
Music Building, -U.T. Field House, Knoxville-Knox County Library, Student Museum, Knoxville Zoo.
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