Clarence Andrew Strawn
Military
Pilot
390th BG - 568th BS
Object Number - UPL 46166 - 1LT Clarence A. Strawn (with wife Mary Elizabeth) Pilot 390th BG - 568th BS
17 October 1943 crew bailed out of B17#42-30610 'Red Ass' when a fire in the fuselage developed during a training flight.
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel in 1964
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Units served with
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 15 March 1944
- Date: 6 March 1944
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
- Date: 25 February 1944
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Pueblo, CO | 5 December 1916 | |
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Other 390BG Combat Tour |
Framlingham Airfield, UK | 2 September 1943 - 11 May 1944 | |
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Other Bailed Out/Returned to Duty |
West Hanningfield, UK | 17 October 1943 | Crew was forced to bail out over England due to an onboard fire. Strawn did not fly combat again until February 1944 |
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Died |
Big Rapids, MI | 27 August 1979 | |
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Buried |
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO | 31 August 1979 | United States Air Force Academy Cemetery Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA Plot Lot 3, row B, site 48 |
Revisions
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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 AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 344