Clair Woodland DesVoignes
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
55th FG 38th FS
crashed 13 July 1944 Waasmunster Belgium ( mission 471 )
Associated person.
Object Number - UPL 30713 - Capt. Clair Woodland DesVoignes 55th FG 38th FS crashed 13 July 1944 Waasmunster Belgium ( mission 471 )
Mid air collision in P-38 #4328279 with Second Lieutenant James A Palmer (Idaho), flying a P-47D 56th FG 62th FS. Crashed at Waasmunster Belgium on 13 July 1944. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 6709/6717
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-763715
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Spokane, WA, USA | 21 January 1921 | Spokane Washington |
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Enlisted |
Ontario, CA, USA | 13 April 1942 | Cal-Aero - Flight Academy Ontario California |
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Died |
9250 Waasmunster, België | 13 July 1944 | collided with James A Palmer Waasmunster Belgium |
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Buried |
4 April 1946 | plot B row 35 grave 25 |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Brought in information from duplicate records. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6709/6717 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://abmc.gov/node/544977#.WhwnM00V_cs
