Everett L Clinard Jr
MilitaryOn 8 Nov 1942 Wounded in Action while serving as Navigator on B-17F #41-24570 "Panhandle Doggie". Aircraft was damaged on mission to bomb the German airfield of Drucat at Abbeville, France. Aircraft RTB but was too damaged to repair and was salvaged on 27-Nov-42.
Killed in Action 4 February 1943 in B-17 #41-24544 'Pennsylvania Polka' while serving as Navigator. Shot down by FW-190, crashed in the Zuiderzee. Holland. 10KIA. MACR 3557 & 4635.
Air Medal with Oak Leaf cluster, Purple Heart.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 4 February 1943
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Wounded in Action (WIA) |
Abbeville, France | 8 November 1942 | Wounded in Action aboard B-17F 41-24570 'Panhandle Doggie' while serving as Navigator. Aircraft returned to base (RTB) and he was in hospital for a time. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Zuiderzee, Netherlands | 4 February 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot by enemy fighters as crashed into the Zuiderzee, Holland. His remains have never been recovered. |
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Born |
Illinois | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery, 6269 NA Migraten, Netherlands | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery |
Revisions
Fixed a typo in the comment of the KIA event.
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 3557 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Lee Cunningham 10-Jan-2015. Added decorations and Commemorated event pr American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 3557; made connections of Place, Aircraft and Missions wihtin existing website data; crafted biography per "Loees of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3557, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 44, 72, WWII Memorial web site