Clarence William Shaw Jr

Military

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 6 x combat missions. Sam Scimeca crew.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Sam Salvatorre Scimeca

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-38077

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tagalong, Duke's Mixture
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Edwardsville, Madison County, IL 10 February 1921 Son of Clarence W Shaw Sr.

Enlisted

Peoria, IL 16 September 1942 Peoria, Illinois

Other

Discharged USAAF

7 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

25 April 1978

Buried

Oakwood Cemetery Alton, Madison County, IL 28 April 1978 Oakwood Cemetery Alton, Madison County, Illinois

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/655670375
https://www.fold3.com/record/89756757/clarence-w-shaw-jr-wwii-army-enli…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2702
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=12601

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2702