Jack Cozette Clackley
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 40344 - SSgt Jack Cozette Clackley, Waist Gunner on B17 42-37802 96th Bomb Group, which ditched North Sea, no trace of crew or aircraft on September 3rd...
Staff Sgt. Jack C. Clackley, who was reported missing in action November 29, 1943, has been declared dead by the War Department. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Charles W. Clackley, was notified. S/Sgt. Clackley, who was employed by Alabama Mills Co., joined the Air Corps in November, 1942, and arrived in England as a member of the crew of a Flying Fortress in September, 1943. After five missions over enemy-occupied Continental Europe, the Fortress failed to return from a bombardment mission to Bremen, Germany, and he was reported missing. The Air Medal was awarded to S/Sgt. Clackley in December, 1944, and was presented to his brother, Charles W. Clackley, at Brookley Field, Mobile. S/Sgt. Clackley is survived by two brothers, Pfc. Charles W. Clackley, who is on Okinawa, and Buck Clackley, Greenville, and one sister, Mrs. Paul Thorpe, Valley Station, KY.
Awards: AM, PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20708307 / O-798500
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Mobile, Alabama | 12 February 1923 | Born Mobile, Alabama |
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Enlisted |
Fort McClellan Alabama | 4 November 1942 | Enlisted Fort McClellan Alabama |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 29 November 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) North Sea |
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Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1390 / MACR 1390; Snetterton Falcons pg 77 and 81 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
