When Noble Edward Ellington was born on May 26, 1919, in Mangham, Louisiana, his father, Joseph, was 31 and his mother, Georgia, was 32. He married Lula Jones in 1941. They had one child during their marriage.
Noble served in the 337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Ball Turret Gunner on the B17 #44-6137 "The Abortion Queen" aircraft during World War II. On January 29, 1945, while attempting assembly into a bomber stream scheduled to raid the marshalling railway yards at Bielefeld, Germany, his aircraft collided with that of Lt. Alex Phillipovich. Both aircraft exploded and crashed approximately 1/2 miles southeast of the airdrome. All 18 crew members aboard the 2 aircrafts were killed. SGT Ellington is now buried in the Gwin Memorial Cemetery, Mangham, Richland Parish, Louisiana, USA.
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