Clarence A Witmer

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media-25931.jpeg UPL 25931 Clarence A. Witmer, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25116

Object Number - UPL 25931 - Clarence A. Witmer, 93rd Bomb Group

While serving as Radio Operator on the B-24D, 41-23745, Katy Bug, 18 Nov 1942, Clarence Witmer's airplane suffered the failure of two engines and attempted an emergency landing at Little Stukeley, but the aircraft struck a tree and crashed. 4 crew members were killed. 4 KIA. TSgt Witmer was not injured. RTD. The aircraft was salvaged on 27 Nov 42.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-23475

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Katy Bug
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Revisions

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ContributorKickapoo
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Best Web - B-23 - 41-237 - Katy Bug

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 28-Nov-2014. Edited biography and made Place, Aircraft and Mission associations per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Volume I by Bishop and Hey p. 47

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Object number: UPL 25931 - Clarence A. Witmer, 93rd Bomb Group