Cleve C Rush

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media-30682.png UPL 30682 Sgt Cleve C. Rush - 26 November 1943 (from an official USAAF photo)

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Object Number - UPL 30682 - Sgt Cleve C. Rush - 26 November 1943 (from an official USAAF photo)

Killed in Action (KIA) in plane #42-31441. Mid-air collision after T/O.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20273063
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14126466
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14043208 at enlistment, then O-802529
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38211532
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11008973 at enlistment, then O-809569
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Bangor, Maine, United States 22 October 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Died

Catworth, Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom 5 January 1944 in the loss of B-17 Serial 42-31441 after a mid-air collision with 42-37887 of the 379th BG

Born

Monticello, Aroostook County, Maine, United States the son of Harold W. Rush and Ula (Curtis) Rush
Monticello, Aroostook County, Maine, United States

Buried

Cleve Rush rests at Plot B, Row 2, Grave 27

Revisions

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Sources

US Census 1930
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
ABMC website

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8th AF losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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