Clyde Bennett East
Military
JCook Photo Collection & Archives
Object Number - UPL 30580 - Major Clyde B. East CO 15th TRS
RCAF June 1941 - Jan 1944
Flew Mustang MkIs with 414 Squadron on 26 combat missions.
15th TRS flying Spitfires then F-6 Photo Recon Mustangs
13 air kills (12 singles + 2 half credits).
Flew RF-80s and RF-51s through 2 combats tours during the Korean War.
Flew RF-101s over Cuba during the missile crisis and retired in 1965.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Conflans / Doncourt
- Site type: Airfield
![A B-24 Liberator of the 392nd Bomb Group successfully bombs an airfield near St Dizier, France. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], '7 Jun 1944.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: 'NYP 21841 (KY). US PLANES BLAST GERMAN AIRFIELD IN FRANCE. A Liberator bomber of the Eighth US Army Air Force heads for its home base after helping to blast a German Airfield near St Dizier, in occupied France, where administrative building (upper right) burn fiercely and bombs explode on the dispersal area (](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380473.jpg.webp?itok=N7LVKsFH)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Robinson Air Base
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
19 July 1921 | Sheva, Pittsylvania County, Virginia | |
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Died |
30 July 2014 | ||
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Buried |
Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park Westlake Village, Los Angeles County, California |
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Sources
Added bio data, middle name, corrected spelling and added Find a Grave data.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147531788/clyde-bennett-east
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