John W Clerkin Jr
Military
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UPL 6883
Lt. John W. Clerkin
Navigator
466th BG - 786th BS
R.J. Willer Crew - Crew #604
Completed a 30 mission tour 466th Bomb Group collection
Navigator
466th BG - 786th BS
R.J. Willer Crew - Crew #604
Completed a 30 mission tour 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661162
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pub Hound
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 August 1944
- Date: 24 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
North Vernon, IN 47265, USA | 28 January 1919 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 24 March 1944 - 13 August 1944 | |
Other Married |
Norwich, UK | 8 November 1944 | Married to Hannah Angland, an Irish girl from County Cork |
Died |
North Vernon, IN 47265, USA | 31 December 2001 | |
Buried |
North Vernon, IN 47265, USA | 3 January 2002 | Saint Marys Cemetery North Vernon Jennings County Indiana, USA |
North Vernon, IN 47265, USA | 326 North 8th St. North Vernon, IN |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom and Brassfield, page 344 & p232 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION edited by Randy Baumgardner, D790.A2S45