Clyde E Bible

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media-25628.jpeg UPL 25628 Cpl Clyde E. Bible, Ball Turret Gunner with the 4th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group at Mendlesham 1944.

Via Jeremy Pitts (Grandson of Clyde E. Bible)

Object Number - UPL 25628 - Cpl Clyde E. Bible, Ball Turret Gunner with the 4th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group at Mendlesham 1944.

Sgt. Clyde "Bus" E. Bible enlisted into the United Army Air Force April 1944. He completed his basic training at Camp Shelby Mississippi .Then was sent to Flex Gunnery School , Kingman Az.Graduated Nov.1944 as an expert Marksmen receiving 2 stripes for top achievement in accuracy with both pistol and rifle.Newly built Gulfport , Miss.was his next station training under the 560th Officers on Anti-Sub. patrols in the SE US region. Sent to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to finalize his training on the B-17G as a ball turret gunner. Upon the completion of his training he was assigned to the 4th Bomb Squadron Pathfinders of the 34th Bombardment Group at Mendlesham,UK station #156.



He flew combat missions over Germany as far as Berlin and took part in several POW rescue and relocate missions as well as food ration drops over Holland as part of Operation Chowhound. Clyde survived the war and returned home on June 21,1945. Bradley Airfield. He helped demobilize the Army Air Force to Kingman,Az.

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The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
  • Unit Hierarchy: Division
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12060832
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew chief
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: '55.'[stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Fortress McIntyre [?] Victor Bon[?].'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fortress McHenry
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron

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Born

Tacoma Regional Hospital Greeneville TN 1 October 1916

Buried

Fairview Baptist Church 15 April 1982

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