Clarence Raymond Miner
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 52717 - T/Sgt Clarence R Miner, 401BG.
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. On 1-Jan-44. B-17 42-40002 'Breezing Home' lost brake hydraulic pressure while taxiing and struck another parked B-17. RTD Completed 11 x missions and severely injured on 11th mission.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-800905
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Binghamton, NY | 7 July 1924 | |
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Enlisted |
Syracuse, NY | 15 July 1942 | Syracuse, New York |
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Died |
13 October 2011 | ||
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Buried |
Broadlawn Memorial Gardens Buford, Hall County, GA | 16 October 2011 | Broadlawn Memorial Gardens Buford, Hall County, Georgia |
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Other Hospitalised |
Wounded in action. Hospitalised, broken Tibia and Fibula, skin graft. Returned to Duty. | ||
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Based |
Deenethorpe | Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of 8th AF, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=759
