Clinton Peter Sipe Jr
MilitaryCropped from official USAAF photo
Clinton Sipe grew up in Osceola, Pennsylvania and studied at the Osceola High School, graduating in 1932. He went to the Pittsburgh University to pursue his studies and graduated in Business Administration. After a stint working in the traffic department of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh where his father was Superintendent of track, Clinton enlisted in the Air Corps in November 1941 and was sent to Pine Bluff, Arkansas then to Okmulgee, Oklahoma where he received his Glider Pilot's wings. He was transferred to various AAF bases in Texas (Randolph Field, Amarillo and Lubeck, where he was a Link Trainer instructor.) He was commissioned as a 2nd Lt at Sloan Field, Midland, Texas. Sent to England, he served in the 93rd Bomb Group over Western Europe. When the Group was moved to North Africa in support of Allied troops fighting the Germans and Italians there, he flew many missions as a B-24 Bombardier. Wounded during a mission to Sicily on 12 July 1943, Lt Clinton Sipe died in Malta on 18 July from his wounds.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Osceola, Pennsylvania, United States | 4 November 1914 | the son of Clinton Peter (Sr) and Kathryn (Jones) Sipe |
Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | 3 November 1941 | in the Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet |
Other Wounded In Action (WIA) |
12 July 1943 | during a mission to Sicily | |
Died |
Malta | 18 July 1943 | Died from wounds |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
Buried |
Allegheny County Memorial Park, Allison Park, Pennsylvania, United States |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII Casualties Pennsylvania
"The Pittsburgh Press", 26 July 1943
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 503, WWII Memorial