Clyde Wayne McClelland
MilitaryAssigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau in B-17 42-31721 'Black Magic'; Shot down flak and fighters 28-May-44 . Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5334
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37047568
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-683230
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16072702
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746322
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747591
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Black Magic
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Oil City PA | 24 October 1920 | Son of Edgar Harold and Elvenia Mae [Wheeling] McClelland. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 28 March 1942 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 28 May 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
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Other Baled out POW |
Dessau / Leipzig | 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau in B-17 42-31721 'Black Magic'; Shot down flak and fighters 28-May-44 . POW MACR 5334 |
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Died |
Greenville, PA | 2 February 2010 | |
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Buried |
Shenango Valley Cemetery Greenville, Mercer County, PA | 5 February 2010 | Shenango Valley Cemetery Greenville, Mercer County, PA |
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Based |
Polebrook | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Sandy Lake, PA |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” for clarity.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5334