Clarence L Hendrix
MilitaryDied in the crash on take-off of B-24 42-51865.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15301231 and O-712752
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33733107
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33596911
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12220410
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31012958
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 1 January 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Oklahoma, United States | 23 August 1924 | Clarence Leat HENDRIX, the son of Clarence Leat Sr and Edith Nellie (Drake) Hendrix |
Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | 3 June 1943 | |
Died |
Old Buckenham, Norfolk, United Kingdom | 1 January 1945 |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Page 143 of "The Liberator Men of Old Buc" (on-line at http://www.453rd.com/books/Liberator_Men_Of_Old_Buc.pdf
Family and burial data from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hendrix&GSbyrel=a…;
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc