Clarence William Pullem

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-55288.jpeg UPL 55288 2nd Lt Clarence William Pullem, 100BG

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Object Number - UPL 55288 - 2nd Lt Clarence William Pullem, 100BG

Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Landing gear collapsed on pre-flight at Gander, Newfoundland on 8-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31890. RTD.



Mid-air collision with another B-17 and crashed E of Rouen, France after the mission to Augsburg, Germany was aborted on 18-Mar-44 in B-17 42-37913. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3233



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

Donald Joseph Stuke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19065400 / O-727280
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-37913

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Norwood, OH 7 April 1921 Son of Clarence W Sr and Hester M Pullem.

Enlisted

Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH 28 July 1942 Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio

Died

East of Rouen, France 18 March 1944

Buried

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Basse-Normandie, France Plot A Row 20 Grave 6

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Thorpe Abbotts 18 March 1944 Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3233 / MACR 3233, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 55288 - 2nd Lt Clarence William Pullem, 100BG