Charles C Clamp Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Crash landed in P-47C 41-6329 at RAF Manston on return from operations. RTD Transferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Camp Hulen, TX 77465, USA | 10 November 1941 | Camp Hulen Texas |
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Enlisted |
Manston, Ramsgate CT12 5BB, UK | 28 June 1943 | Returned in severely battle damaged P-47C 41-6329 28-Jun-43. |
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Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | 23 March 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Based |
Atcham | 13 May 1944 | Transferred to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | 13 May 1944 | Promoted to Captain. |
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Born |
San Antonio, TX, USA | Son of Charles P and Mayme S Clamp. | |
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Based |
Boxted | 13 May 1944 | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Bexar County, TX, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces