Clyde Wix Rigby

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-47621.jpeg UPL 47621 2nd Lt Clyde Wix Rigby, 392BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 47621 - 2nd Lt Clyde Wix Rigby, 392BG

Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-24 42-7479 'War Horse Ole'. Target Kiel, Germany. Plane crashed into North Sea.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

An arirman of the 392nd Bomb Group with a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "War Horse". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'War Horse, 392BG.'

42-7479

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: War Horse
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Utah, USA 31 October 1921 Son of Howard Wix and Sarah Celestia [Peterson] Rigby.

Enlisted

Killed in Action (KIA)

Salt Lake City, UT, USA 15 April 1942

Died

North Sea 4 January 1944 Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-24 42-7479 'War Horse'. Target Kiel, Germany. Plane crashed into North Sea.
Fairview, Utah, USA

Buried

Tablets of the missing.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/page/84968298_clyde_w%20rigby/details/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56293747

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

ABMC, MACR 1909, Losses of 8th AF / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1909 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 47621 - 2nd Lt Clyde Wix Rigby, 392BG