Clarence W Jodar

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

KIA 6 November 1944. 2Aerial Intelligence of the 25th BG p. 176 states that on November 1, 1944 in a weather reconnaissance mission (Bluestocking weather Met), Mosquito aircraft crashed in England in severe weather. KIA



AM w/ 2 OLC/ PH



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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

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

People

John William Green

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Squadron 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19079017
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

MM386

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

6 November 1944

Born

Wisconsin

Buried

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Nickname provided by a relative of Clarence Jodar's best friend, who was given the middle name Jody in honour of Jodar, after a was pledge made between their father and Clarence Jodar.

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ContributorEmily
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Removed source information added by Wattonman from biography

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ContributorWattonman
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Sources

Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

ABMC, Roll of Honor, Combat Chronology Supplement p.542, Aerial Intelligence of the 25th BG p. 52, 53, 57 (photos), 176 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia