Cleve C Rush
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37230311
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17020821 at enlistment, then O-682882
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32164835 at enlistment, then O-752582
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12142518
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Bangor, Maine, United States | 22 October 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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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 |
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Born |
Monticello, Aroostook County, Maine, United States | the son of Harold W. Rush and Ula (Curtis) Rush | |
| Monticello, Aroostook County, Maine, United States | |||
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Buried |
Cleve Rush rests at Plot B, Row 2, Grave 27 |
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8th AF losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia