Clinton Peter Sipe Jr

Military
media-20438.png UPL 20438 2nd Lt Clinton P. Sipe - Air Medal award ceremony - Cairo, Egypt - March 1943.

Cropped from official USAAF photo

Object Number - UPL 20438 - 2nd Lt Clinton P. Sipe - Air Medal award ceremony - Cairo, Egypt - March 1943.

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

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII Casualties Pennsylvania
"The Pittsburgh Press", 26 July 1943

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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

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