Clement Clifford Budelman
Military
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UPL 44093
A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 19 November 1943.
L-R: Wendell J Shepard, Clement C Budelman, Howard W "Cotton" Lawson, Benjamin H St John, Orvin Verle Taylor, Warren John Prosperi .
L-R: Wendell J Shepard, Clement C Budelman, Howard W "Cotton" Lawson, Benjamin H St John, Orvin Verle Taylor, Warren John Prosperi .
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Hoverkamp crew. 21 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt 29-Jan-44 in B-17 42-31040; shot down; crashed Chenogne, near Sibret, 7km SW of Bastogne, Belgium. Evaded (EVD) MACR 2873.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12158157
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11056263
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16057178 / O-678773
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32449359
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37212529
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bergenfield, New Jersey, USA | 20 October 1921 | Son of Bertha Reuter Budelman. |
Enlisted |
New Jersey | 17 August 1942 | New Jersey |
Other Evaded |
Chenogne, Belgium | 29 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt 29-Jan-44; shot down; crashed Chenogne, near Sibret, 7km SW of Bastogne, Belgium. Evaded (EVD) MACR 2873 |
Other Discharged USAAF |
26 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Bergenfield, NJ | 9 July 1989 | |
Based |
Kimbolton | 29 January 1944 | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2873 / MACR 2873, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database