Clyde Thomas Bush
Military
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FRE 5133
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air crew Report #838.
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735151
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676345
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798966
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14139217
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33187101
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner, Radio Operator/Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucifer II
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Belle Fourche, South Dakota, USA | 15 June 1920 | |
Other Assigned |
3 September 1943 - 14 October 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Group on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #88 dated 3 September 1943, Walter Gordon Williams Crew. Three combat missions. | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 | POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Died |
Sturgis, SD, USA | 20 April 1999 | Burial: Black Hills National Cemetery Sturgis Meade County South Dakota, USA Plot: G, 0, 988 |
Revisions
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Sources
Information from duplicate AAM File https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/35487 was consolidated with this file.
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=7523
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 838 / MACR 838, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database