Clarence Henry Ballagh
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UCB Archives via Jim Gregory
Object Number - UPL 41857 - Clarence ''Hank'' Ballagh - University of California Berkeley - faculty of engineering graduation yearbook 1942
Clarence Ballagh was on board of B-17E Serial 41-9051 on a navigational training exercise to Turnhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland as final destination on 14 Sept 43. Piloted by Captain William C. Anderson, CO of 813th BS, the B-17 somehow flew off course by some 50 miles and crashed into Skiddaw Mountain, near Keswick in Cumbria, United Kingdom. All 10 aboard were killed. 1st Lt Ballagh was listed as a passenger on this plane.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: 482nd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-432027
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19080550 at enlistment, then O-731036
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-464349
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-366456
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: passenger
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 10940312
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flaming Mayme
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron 342nd Bomb Squadron 97th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Santa Barbara, California, United States | 16 May 1921 | 1st Lieutenant Clarence H. Ballagh was born May 16, 1921, the son of Leland Edgar and Bernice Irene (Keller) Ballagh. |
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Enlisted |
13 May 1942 | Trained in Florida as a pilot. Attached initially to 379BG - Kimbolton. | |
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Died |
Skiddaw, near Keswick, United Kingdom | 14 September 1943 | In the crash of B-17 #41-9051. On leave at time - hitching a ride to Edinburgh |
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Other |
Clarence was the Valedictorian of his graduating class at Arroyo Grande Union High School. He would go on to earn an engineering degree at the University of California at Berkeley and was commissioned a 2nd Lt the day of his graduation due to ROTC service. | ||
| Arroyo Grande, California, United States | |||
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Buried |
Arroyo Grande Cemetery, Arroyo Grande, California, United States |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / book: Hell on High Ground, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 281-2
