Clarence Darius Bristol Jr

Military

Object Number - UPL 37607 - "Ground and air crew of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Sack Time". England, 3 April 1945."

Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 37 x combat missions.

Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME, AFCM, MSM, UN and Korean medals.

Post War: Remained in USAF, serving in Korean and Vietnamese conflicts, retired as Colonel.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert E Edmunds

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35621341 / O-778438
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102544

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sack Time
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron 427th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Danbury, CT 29 May 1920 Son of Clarence Darius Snr and Anne [Deans] Bristol.

Enlisted

Baltimore, MD 10 December 1942

Died

11 July 2004

Buried

Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA 14 July 2004 Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, CA
Glendale, CA Time of draft registraion, employed as aircraft inspector, Warren McAuthur Corp. Glendale, CA.

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date5 Mar 2019 19:33:59
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, highest rank, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/630696365
https://www.fold3.com/image/32145367?terms=Heiliger,%20Robert%20B
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72617970/clarence-d-bristol
Father - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89293132/clarence-darius-bristol
Mother - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89314561/anne-bristol

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:15
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster

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