Clayborne Oliver Vinyard
Military
USAAF Photo.
Object Number - UPL 7186 - de Havilland DH98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI, MM384 654th BS, 25th BG, 8th AF - Minor damage, Port undercarriage collapsed on landing, RAF Watton/ USAAF...
Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) blue stocking, weather mission to northern France and Belgium in Mosquito NS570; shot down over Germany by Luftwaffe night-fighter. 24-Sep-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11243
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-701272
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
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 |
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Born |
Dallas County, TX | 11 March 1921 | Son of Charles Oliver and Lucretia [Barker] Vinyard. |
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Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 27 September 1941 | Dallas, Texas |
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Other Baled out POW |
24 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) blue stocking mission to France/Belgium; shot down, baled out POW MACR 11243 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 24 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
5 February 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Enlisted |
1 May 1951 | ||
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Other Discharged USAF |
30 June 1967 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Manor, Travis County, TX | 24 November 1993 | |
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Buried |
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX | 27 November 1993 | Re-Buried Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery |
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Buried |
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, TX | 22 January 2003 | Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas, Dallas County, Texas |
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Based |
Watton | 24 September 1944 | Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Combat Chronology; 25th Bomb Group in WW II; Aerial Intelligence for the 8th Air Force, pg 176 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia