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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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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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Gardner W. Engel
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One memorable sortie
included becoming separated from his flight
while following an ME-109 through an
undercast for a "probable," sighting a formation of 60 plus bandits at low altitude and a
long, lonely ride home. His sighting report
proved to be a forewarning of the gaggle
tactic the bombers were to face over Berlin.
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Jack Engman
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Capt. Jack W. Engman, a P-47 pilot
who was killed in action in WWII. He was part of
the "Ninth air force outfit". Jack was killed over St. Lo, and was buried in a grave in a church yard in
Danby, about 7 km southwest of Canisy. He was later
reinterred at a VA cemetary in the Los Angeles area
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Robert C. Eschweiler
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Flew 57 tactical and ground support missions in 138 combat hours out of Louvain,
Belgium, Venlo, Holland, and Lippstadt,
Germany. Downed 1 FW-190 in an encounter on April 8, 1945 near Hanover, Germany in which the 41Oth accounted for a total
of 10 destroyed and 4 damaged. Served as an
air-ground controller while stationed in a
tank with the Second Armored Division in
February - March, 1945.
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Albert L. Evans Jr.
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A tactical
commander or operational staff officer for
almost entire career. Command Pilot. Jet
Qualified. Parachutist. Five thousand pilot
hours. Qualified in over sixty different types
of aircraft, mostly single engine fighters,
ranging from the P-36A to the F-l 05D. Flew
one hundred combat missions in WW II in the
CBI Theater (twenty-five in the P-47). Total
combat time 359 hours (103:50 in Jugs).
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