Clarence Burton Doan
MilitaryAssigned to 817BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Budapest 30-Jul-44; flak, crashed Sziget Szent; Prisoner of War(POW) MACR 7105.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-745737
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Hamilton, OH | 4 March 1922 | Son of Daniel T and Lauretta H [Coldiron] Doan. |
Enlisted |
Patterson Field Fairfield OH | 5 October 1942 | |
Other Baled out POW |
Sziget Szent, Romania | 30 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Budapest 30-Jul-44; flak, crashed Sziget Szent; POW MACR 7105. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 30 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
Montgomery County, OH | 23 December 1965 | |
Buried |
Fairmount Cemetery, Camden, OH | Fairmount Cemetery Camden, Preble County, OH | |
Based |
Sterparone | 30 July 1944 | Assigned to 817BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. |