Cecil M Clore

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-16353.jpeg UPL 16353

Object Number - UPL 16353

Pilot, Clore crew. "B" Flight Commander. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed shortly after TO near Hedingham on mission #56 to Kiel, Germany in B-17G #42-31278 'Mix Master'. Originally buried with the entire crew at Cambridge AMC. This was Lt. Clore's, and most of the crew's, 25th mission.



Lt. Clore was killed in action as a result of an airplane crash, on January 4, 1944, at Castle Hedingham, England. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in February 1942, and received his pilot training at Santa Ana, Hemet and Bakersfield in California, graduating from advance training at Douglas, Arizona, February 6, 1943, where he received his wings and commission. He was further trained as pilot for a B-17 bomber at Blythe, California, Walla Walla, Washington and Madras, Oregon. He had been overseas since July 1943.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12124232
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34332537
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12132148
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-739077
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-676041
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mix Master
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

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Died

4 January 1944

Buried

6 January 1944

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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Class 43-B book. Douglas Field, Arizona.

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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