On 8 August 1944 F/S
Elbogen and F/O Masek flew an intruder mission
in Holland and Begium. Around 19.00 they shot
down a Do-217, east of Nijmegen.
Three days later the pair
again flew a mission over Holland, shooting up
any kind of transportation they could find.
Their mission was to attack anything between
12.04 and 13.55 in an area Hoek van Holland,
Emmerich, Elburg and Egmond.
Around 13.00 they attack a
train near Geldermalsen, between Culemborg and
Geldermalsen. The Dutch railways report the
attack and mention that one man has been wounded.
While attacking this train,
F/S Elbogen flies his spitfire too close to the
ground. After an attack on the train, he cannot
pull up in time and hits the cables over the
railtrack and crashes. He is heavily wounded and
taken to a hospital in Amsterdam. He died the
same day. F/S Elbogen is buried at Amsterdam New
Eastern Cemetery on 14 August 1944.
F/S Arnošt Elbogen is buried at
Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Plot 69. Row
A. Coll. grave 2.
"Podal Svuj kransy
mlady zivot za svobodu a vlasy
Gave his beautiful
young life for freedom and homeland"
