Clyde Haskins Larey Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) training mission in B-26B 41-17943, fatal crash Bassingbourn. Gusty conditions and a mechanical problem with the fin appear to be the causes. 26-Apr-43.
KIS 26 April 1943 on a training flight in B26 41-17943 when the a/c crashed near Cambridge. Gusty conditions and a mechanical problem with the fin appear to be the causes. According to AF Combat Units, the 322nd was part of the 8th until Oct 1943 when it was assigned to the 9th AF.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reveiwed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379976.jpg.webp?itok=h9RDoVED)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17036219 / O-731065
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11029961
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14075702 / O-792305
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32278575
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Tullahoma, TN 37388, USA | 17 December 1941 | Camp Forrest, Tennessee |
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Died |
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth SG8, UK | 26 April 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) training mission in B-26B 41-17943, fatal crash Bassingbourn 26-Apr-43. |
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Buried |
27 April 1943 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
| Colorado, USA | |||
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Born |
Los Angeles County, CA, USA | ||
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Based |
Andrews Field | 26 April 1943 | Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey p. 108,;
- AF Combat Units of t WWII p. 202, ;
- National WW II Memorial web site;
- ABMC;
- National Archives sites