Clyde E McCool

Military
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Object Number - UPL 17497 - Clyde McCool

32 missions 1942 - 1945. Re-called in 1950 and discharged in 1954 as M/Sergeant.



AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ ETO Ribbon w/ 4 Battle Stars/ Overseas Bar/ WW II Victory Medal/ American Theater Campaign Medal/ Presidential Unit Citation/ Good Conduct Medal/ German Occupation Medal

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-50532

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Is this trip necessary? , Blonde Bombshell
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mississippi 21 January 1923

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.491st.org roster / self

Clyde E McCool: Gallery (10 items)

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