Clyde W Davis
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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FRE 5135
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Leewarden in B-17 Sky Queen #42-30032. Missing Air Crew Report #15165.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sky Queen
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 532nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Assigned |
1 February 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, William Dietel Jr. Crew. Eight combat missions. | |
Died |
9283 Kortwoude (Koartwâld), Netherlands | 28 July 1943 | The ship was disabled by enemy aircraft, crashed near Kortwoude, The Netherlands. MACR 15165 |
Born |
Poland, New York |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=901
2016-01-22, Combined with duplicate information from http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/35525
and
MACR 15165 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15165, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…