Clarence L Larrew
MilitaryMissions from 10/5/44-11/2/44. 05 Oct 44-MUNSTER07 Oct 44-MERSEBURG09 Oct 44-MAINZ14 Oct 44-COLOGNE19 Oct 44-MANNHEIM02 Nov 44-MERSEBURG - Missing in Action (MIA)--Crash landed in Holland. Spent 136 days hiding with Dutch underground. Returned to Allied control in Belgium 3/18/45. Larrew was tailgunner of a B-17 G when he was shot down near Leimuden, Holland. He was with the Dutch Underground, moving around and trying to head south for 136 days. CREW: PILOT -- ROBERT L. PROUDFIT; CO-PILOT -- HARVEY P. WALTER; NAVIGATOR -- ASHLEY IVEY; BOMBARDIER -- LEONARD A. POGUE; ENGINEER -- ENSEL L. HALL; RADIOMAN -- ALBERT M. COBB; WAIST GUN -- JOHN L. ATHERTON; BALL TURRET -- RICHARD W. STONE; TAIL GUN -- CLARENCE LARREW. CRASHED
AM/ PH/ ETO w/ 2 Battle Stars
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Straighten Up and Fly Right, Level Up and Fly Right - The Rock
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Boone, Iowa, USA | ||
Other Returned (RTD) |
Germany | 2 November 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10170 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self , E&E Report 2875, Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998 MACR 10170, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php