Clayton E Child

Military
media-31131.jpeg UPL 31131 42-102645 pictured at top of this photo.

From my family records (Grandmother). Happy to provide full set of photos and documents 1-678-906-6166 John Clarke

Object Number - UPL 31131 - 42-102645 pictured at top of this photo.

Flight Officer Clayton Child was Pilot of B-17 #42-102645, shot down by fighters and force-landed at Zegelsem, Belgium on 9 August 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 9 August 1944

Places

  • Site type: Aircraft crash site
  • Known as: Zegelsem, Belgium

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Maine, United States 18 April 1921

Enlisted

Portland, Maine, United States 5 September 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Sagan, Poland 9 August 1944 - 29 April 1945 Captured and interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A Moosburg, germany. Liberated there 29 April 1945 by US troops. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military control 11 March 1946."...

Died

Peru, Oxford County, Maine, United States 30 August 2000
Oxford County, Maine, United States

Buried

Demeritt Cemetery, Peru, Maine, United States

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

Corrected date in BIO, POW instead of EVD and added Service numbers, etc

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8067 / MACR8067 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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