Clarence A Trubey
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Crew of the 339th Bomb Squadron of the 96th Bomb Group, 2 January 1944.
Standing, left to right: Ken Wehrhan, Ken Kroggel, Jack Barrett, Robert Drumhiller, James Radcliff and Thomas Michan.
Kneeling, left to right: Ed Davidson, John Johnston, Clarence Trubey and Maurice Lynch. Ed Davidson Collection
Standing, left to right: Ken Wehrhan, Ken Kroggel, Jack Barrett, Robert Drumhiller, James Radcliff and Thomas Michan.
Kneeling, left to right: Ed Davidson, John Johnston, Clarence Trubey and Maurice Lynch. Ed Davidson Collection
Shared with the museum by B-17 pilot Ed Davidson.
Clarence Trubey served as a co-pilot with the 339th Bomb Squadron of the 96th Bomb Group, flying missions out of Snetterton Heath, England. He was shot down on 5 January 1944 flying B-17 #423541 'Little Girls'. The aircraft ditched in the Bay of Biscay. Trubey was Killed in Action. His name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Girls
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
Bay of Biscay | 5 January 1944 | |
Born |
North Chelmsford, Massachusetts |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2011; Snetterton Falcons pg 97