1Lt. Elwin F. "Dick" Schrupp was a WW II B-25 Pilot with the 310th Bombardment Group; 381st Bombardment Squadron; Stationed in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, (MTO).

His Hometown was Young America, Carver County, Minnesota.

Friday, 12 March 1943

381st BS War Diary:

381st BS Mission Summary: (Ops Order ---/mission ---) Group Mission # 60: SEA SEARCH Group Mission # 60 Flight 15 B-25’s Sqdrn. Mission # 42 Escort 32 P-38’s Take Off 11:50 Bomb Load: (6 x 500) Target 14:30 Bombs Dropped: 3(6 x 500). 9,000# Down 16:00 Total Time: 4 Hrs. 10 Min. Weather: Visibility unlimited. Remarks: Eleven Siebel Ferries were sighted. Each of our A/C dropped (6 x 500#) bombs, the high elements using instantaneous fuses and the low element using 4-5 second fuses. Three or more of the Ferries were sunk. Flak from the Ferries wounded one Co-pilot in the shoulder. P-38’s chased and shot down 2 Enemy A/C 5 or 10 miles away. Lt. Schrupp’s ship failed to return.

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381st BS: Extracts from Missing Air Crew Report # ?: (MACR not available)

A/C B-25; Serial No. 41-13086 (MACR-? - shot down over target by AAA) (G)

P Schrupp, Elwin F., 1Lt - MIA, POW

CP Wigger, William Franklin, 2Lt - MIA, POW

N None

B Follansbee, William (NMI), S/Sgt - MIA, POW

E None

R Nelson, Edwin N., S/Sgt - MIA, POW

G Koehler, Robert R., Cpl - MIA, POW

F None

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Elwin F Schrupp