World War II Honoree

Ellis Royal Pierson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Crenshaw, Mississippi

Honored By

Charlotte Ruth Jennings Pierson & Ann, Lark & Sue

Relationship

Wife & Daughters

SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS A RADIO OPERATOR IN A B-17D HEAVY BOMBER ASSIGNED TO THE 379TH BOMB GROUP (HEAVY) (MOTTO: POTESTAS ACCURATIOGUE), 41ST COMBAT BOMB WING, 1ST BOMB DIVISION, 8TH AIR FORCE. STATIONED AT KIMBOLTON AIRFIELD, STATION 117, HUNTINGDONSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM. SHOT DOWN OVER MAGDEBURG, GERMANY AND REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1944. IMPRISONED AS A POW BY THE GERMANS UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.