Foy Rae Clingman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-57104.jpeg UPL 57104 Foy R Clingman

Added photo of Foy R Clingman per info at Netherlands American cemetery.

Object Number - UPL 57104 - Foy R Clingman

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bernburg in B-17 42-29829 'Sons of Satan' 22-Feb-44; shot down by fighters and crashed near Gottingen shortly after leaving the target at Halberstadt, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2870



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sons of Satan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Walters, OK 22 June 1921 Son of Elva Reed, Bowia Texas.

Enlisted

Camp Crowder, Neosho, MO 21 April 1942 Camp Crowder, Neosho, Missouri

Died

Gottingen, Germany 22 February 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Bernburg in B-17 42-29829 'Sons of Satan' 22-Feb-44; Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2870

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot L Row 6 Grave 7

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Kimbolton 22 February 1944 Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added S/N per MACR 2870 at Fold3.com.
SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/28744593

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2870 / MACR 2870, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Foy Rae Clingman: Gallery (1 items)