Cloe Redford Crutchfield
Military
*blocks 90/115, s/n 42-30XXX . This plane has sometimes been identified as a reconverted YB-40 Vega airframe, however it is a later Boeing airframe from 2Q43 or early 3Q43. TBC
Pictuer taken Circa November 1943 Theodore R Thurston bottom on the left of guy with the dog.
Do not know who the ground crew are.
I believe the rest of the crew is, "Names not in order"
Pilot: Winston James Tucker, Co-pilot: Carl R Carlson, Flight engineer/Top turret gunner: Richard Hanson Bragdon, Waist gunner: Cloe Redford Crutchfield, Tail gunner: Robert K Gailey, Bombardier/Toggler: Thomas Keith Johnson, Waist gunner: Lewis Arthur Kuhnz, Navigator: Joseph Barth Liebman, Radio operator/Gunner: David Blaine Stewart, Bombadier: Thomas K Thompson Sr, Ball turret gunner: Theodore R Thurston.
AAM
Object Number - UPL 41409 - B-17F-BO* *blocks 90/115, s/n 42-30XXX . This plane has sometimes been identified as a reconverted YB-40 Vega airframe, however it is a later...
Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 27-Aug-43 in B-17 42-30617. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to duty (RTD). Shot down on 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-30000. Evaded (EVD).
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-730351
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19063286
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18066072 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407628.jpg.webp?itok=SpfDIv0I)
- Date: 6 September 1943
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 303rd Bomb Group line up for take off. A B-17 (VK-I, serial number 42-3064) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle Dandy" is bringing up the rear. First handwritten caption on reverse of print: '27/8/43.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'VK-I. 8/9/43.' On reverse: 'Confidential Until Re-Classified By Censor' [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407640.jpg.webp?itok=Vtg9OHI5)
- Date: 27 August 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Glendale, AZ | 15 June 1921 | Son of William D and Bettie E Crutchfield. |
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Enlisted |
Sacramento, CA | 11 August 1942 | Sacramento, California |
|
Other Ditched North sea RTD |
North Sea | 27 August 1943 | Shot down 27-Aug-43 in B-17 42-30617. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to duty (RTD). |
|
Other Evaded (EVD) |
Germany | 6 September 1943 | Shot down on 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-30000. Evaded (EVD). |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
1 November 1945 | Honorable discharge. | |
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Died |
Manhattan Beach, CA | 6 March 2000 | |
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Buried |
Green Hills Memorial Park Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, CA | 11 March 2000 | Green Hills Memorial Park Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, California |
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Based |
Alconbury | Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
| El Sequndo, CA |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/629621205
https://www.fold3.com/record/90970115-cloe-r-crutchfield
https://www.fold3.com/record/75136870-cloe-r-crutchfield
https://www.fold3.com/image/115659939?rec=115660026
https://www.fold3.com/record/619581347-cloe-crutchfield-1921
https://www.fold3.com/image/28604252?terms=cloe%20r%20Crutchfield
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71299317/cloe-crutchfield
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 741 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Roll of Honor; MACR 741, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.255