Name:
Elvin W. Samuelson
Rank:
Flight Officer
Serial Number:
T-61947
Unit:
349th Bomber Squadron
Date of Death:
1944-08-08
State:
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Plot:
Section 60
Row:
Grave:
8443
Decoration:
Comments:
Co-pilot of the B-17 43-37865, Flight Officer Samuelson took off from Station 139 Thorpe Abbotts, UK, on a bombing mission over St-Sylvain. The plane was hit by flak and exploded in mid-air at 1232.
He also has a cenotaph located in River Hills Memorial Park, Batavia, Kane County, Illinois.