Awarded the Pilot Flying Badge on August 13, 1942.
Assigned to the 409 R.C.A.F. Squadron on November 15, 1944.
Awarded the Operational Wings.
Ellis with his Navigator KING (while another report says Warrant Officer WEST) took off at 1330 hrs on December 12, 1944 to test their aircraft (Mosquito NFXIII HK512 KP-A) for operations to be carried out that night. After being airborne for some 35 minutes the starboard engine for some inexplicable reason burst into flames. Ellis in attempting to hold the aircraft level to allow the other crew member to leave the aircraft and parachute to safety, left his own exit too late and was instantly killed.
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Portrait: ??.
Info from War Diary and Service Records: LAC (Library Archive Canada).
Photograph Regimental patch: ??.
Photograph headstone: Michael van de Velde.
