Clair Edwin Wyrick
Military
Object Number - UPL 61240 - 1st Lt Clair Edwin Wyrick
Clair Wyrick completed 37 missions as a pilot with the 95th Bomb Group, flying bombing missions out of Horham, England.
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
![An airman of the 95th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-102447) nicknamed "El's Belles". First handwritten caption on reverse: 'F/L on last of 365's bases in Belgium other side "Angels Sister" [name struck-out and annotated 'No'] 365 FG C Johnson/icm/75' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'BG-A 95 BG.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379271.jpg.webp?itok=QwML6lTh)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: El's Belles
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Doodle Bug
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Puddles
- Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Worry Bird
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: T'aint A Bird II
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 334th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Alvordton, Ohio | 13 November 1917 | Son of Raleigh Jay and Laura Estell [Keller] Wyrick. |
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Enlisted |
Detroit, MI | 12 May 1942 | Detroit, Michigan |
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Based |
Horham | 1 April 1944 - 15 August 1944 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Macon County, North Carolina | 10 February 2012 | Died Macon County, North Carolina |
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Buried |
Woodlawn Cemetery, Franklin, North Carolina | 13 February 2012 | Interred Woodlawn Cemetery Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorLucy May
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Sources
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
http://95thbg.org/j3migr/honor-roll
See http://95thbg.org/j3migr/flight-crew-records for missions listing and aircraft flown
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
