Guy McKinley Claypool

Military
media-53540.jpeg UPL 53540 2nd Lt Guy M Claypool, 388BG

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Object Number - UPL 53540 - 2nd Lt Guy M Claypool, 388BG

Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen 30-Dec-43 in B-17 42-31149 'My Day'; ditched in Channel 30-Dec-43, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3139





Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-678175
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pennsylvania, USA 22 August 1918 Son of Philetus Nicholas and Iva M [Bowser] Claypool.

Died

English Channel off Isle of Wight 30 December 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen 30-Dec-43 in B-17 42-31149 'My Day'; ditched in Channel 30-Dec-43, KIA. MACR 3139

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK.

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Knettishall 30 December 1943 Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF

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Sources

ABMC; MACR 3139 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3139 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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