Cletus B Nale
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Added connections to tie in with AAM data entry.
Object Number - UPL 23194 - 2Lt. Cletus B. Nale
2Lt. Cletus B. Nale was on a fighter escort/strafing mission to Bremen, Germany. His Republic P-47D Thunderbolt was shot down while on a low-level strafing run near Suderwalsede, Germany. He is interred at the Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lewistown, PA 17044, USA | 3 April 1923 | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 22 May 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) crashed at Suederwalsede in P-47 42-74752 |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 5398
Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII; TogetherWeServed.com; Fields of Honor-database
MACR 5398 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list