Clarence L Larrew

Military

Missions from 10/5/44-11/2/44. 05 Oct 44-MUNSTER07 Oct 44-MERSEBURG09 Oct 44-MAINZ14 Oct 44-COLOGNE19 Oct 44-MANNHEIM02 Nov 44-MERSEBURG - Missing in Action (MIA)--Crash landed in Holland. Spent 136 days hiding with Dutch underground. Returned to Allied control in Belgium 3/18/45. Larrew was tailgunner of a B-17 G when he was shot down near Leimuden, Holland. He was with the Dutch Underground, moving around and trying to head south for 136 days. CREW: PILOT -- ROBERT L. PROUDFIT; CO-PILOT -- HARVEY P. WALTER; NAVIGATOR -- ASHLEY IVEY; BOMBARDIER -- LEONARD A. POGUE; ENGINEER -- ENSEL L. HALL; RADIOMAN -- ALBERT M. COBB; WAIST GUN -- JOHN L. ATHERTON; BALL TURRET -- RICHARD W. STONE; TAIL GUN -- CLARENCE LARREW. CRASHED



AM/ PH/ ETO w/ 2 Battle Stars

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38284

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Straighten Up and Fly Right, Level Up and Fly Right - The Rock
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Boone, Iowa, USA

Other

Returned (RTD)

Germany 2 November 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10170 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self , E&E Report 2875, Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998 MACR 10170, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php