Clarence Ernest Metcalfe
Military
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L-R Lt. Ben Wolters - Rock Island, Ill. W. Donovan - Holland, Mass. Clarence Metcalfe on the right. Clarence says "Denny Donovan took over as ball turret gunner, Ben trained Clarence"
Clarence Metcalfe personal collection
January - May 1945
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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: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13155276
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31267371
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Carol Leigh
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 25 April 1945
- Date: 21 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Memorial
Revisions
ContributorMetcalfem
Changes
Sources
From Clarence Metcalfe Airman's Mess Pass @ Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma August 10, 1951
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia