Carleton Armstrong Cleveland Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 55764 - Carleton A. Cleveland Jr
Assigned to 509BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Capt. Cleveland received the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while serving as Navigator of a B-17 airplane on a number of combat bombardment missions over Germany and German-occupied countries.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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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 509th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32203360 / O-801589
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Binghamton, Broome County, NY | 2 November 1921 | Son of Carleton Armstrong Snr and Ellen M [Screven] Cleveland. |
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Enlisted |
New Haven, CT | 16 April 1942 | New Haven, Connecticut |
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Died |
Naples, FL | 5 May 2021 | Carleton A. Cleveland Jr. (Naples, Florida), who passed away at the age of 99, on May 5, 2021 He was predeceased by : his wife Mary Jane (Land) Cleveland; and his brother Thomas Alden Cleveland. He is survived by his two children; his four grandchildren; and his four great grandchildren. |
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Based |
Polebrook | Assigned to 509BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000,
www.351st.org/ken.harbour/ / http://351st.org/ken.harbour/f100.HTML#
