Lieutenant Robert Arthur ELLINGBOE

1918 - 1944  (26 years)

• Name	Robert Arthur ELLINGBOE
  Prefix	Lieutenant
  Birth	12 Oct 1918
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Nov 1944	Pacific Ocean
  Notes	In the 1939 Milwaukee city directory, he lives with his father and aunt at 3532 North 16th. No occupation. In the 1940 census, he lived with his aunt and father in Milwaukee. He had had three years of college and worked as a mechanical engineer for a transport company. He earned $360 in 1939. Name: Robert A. Ellingboe State Registered: Hawaii Death Date: 5 Nov 1944 Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Cemetery Burial Plot: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Cemetery City: Honolulu Cemetery Country: Hawaii War: World War II Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart Title: Lieutenant Rank: Lieutenant Service: U.S. Navy Service ID: 0-121704 Division: United States Naval Reserve Data Source: World War II Honor Roll Inducted from Wisconsin. Other sources show date of death as November 4th and November 3rd. He was a Navy flier based out of Whidbey Naval Air Station in Oak Harbor, Washington. In World War II, both land and seaplane squadrons home-based at NAS Whidbey Island were deploying to the Aleutian Islands to participate in operations against Japanese naval forces and the Japanese homeland. Patrol squadrons operating from the NAS Whidbey Island sea lanes and runways since 1942 have contributed valiantly to the nation's defense. Aircraft such as the PBY Catalina, PBM Mariner, PV-1 Ventura, PV-2 Harpoon, PB4Y-2 Privateer, P2V Neptune, P5M Marlin, P3A, P3B and the current P3C Orion have been used in the patrol squadron mission virtually around the world while home-ported at NAS Whidbey Island. 4 Nov 1944: Lieutenant Robert A. Ellingboe and five crewmen were reported missing in action during a daylight attack on Toroshimo Retto, the squadron's first combat mission. Eight VPB-131 Venturas were serving as fighter escort for the Army 28th Bombardment Group's B-24 Liberators when attacked by ten enemy fighters. Lieutenant Ellingboe's Ventura was hit and crashed in flames into the sea. A newspaper report of his being missing was in the December 14, 1944, edition of the Wisconsin State Journal. [1]
  Person ID	I1821	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2012

  
  

  Family ID

  F817

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• Sources

  [S250] Don Carlson's Website -- Geneastory, (http://geneastory.com/genealogy/).