Eliot, Marvin "Sonny"

Date of birth:: December 5th, 1920 (Detroit/Michigan, United States)
Date of death:: November 16th, 2012
Nationality:: American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Promotions:
1941: 2nd Lieutenant
?: Colonel

8 December 1941: U.S. Army Air Corps
?: 8th Air Force, KD Group, 577th Squadron
24 February 1944: Downed over Gotha.
1945: Liberated by the Red Army

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: 2nd Lieutenant
Unit:: 577th Squadron, 392nd Heavy Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

Air Medal (AM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: 577th Squadron, 392nd Heavy Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: 577th Squadron, 392nd Heavy Bomb Group, 8th Air Force

Pilot Wing

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: U.S. Army Air Corps

Sources

- Holocaust Memorial Center
- Marvin "Sonny" Eliot | Air Zoo Aviation Museum & Science Education Center of Kalamazoo, Michigan

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