Clyde V Craig

Military

Damaged by flak over the target of Frankfurt, GR on 20 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31381 'Jaynee B' fell behind and was forced to ditch in the Channel. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31381

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jaynee B
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Richmond, VA, USA 19 May 1942

Other

POW

Tychowo, Poland 20 March 1944 Stalag Luft IV

Born

Harlan, Kentucky, USA

Other

Shot down/ditched

English Channel 20 March 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3315, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

466th BG Historian

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 3415 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database