Clayton Russell Wilson
Military
Back L-R: John DesRoches, Eugene Penick, George Kendal, Vern Long, Herbert May, Jack F. Hook.
Front L-R: Herman Stevens, Clayton Wilson, Fred Bloesch, Dewey Browne.
Object Number - UPL 82000 - Clayton Wilson crew 544BS, 384BG: Back L-R: John DesRoches, Eugene Penick, George Kendal, Vern Long, Herbert May, Jack F. Hook. Front L-R:...
Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x missions. Shot down 17-Aug-43 in B-17 42-30147 'Flak Dancer. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
His B-17 damaged on Schweinfurt mission, crash landed in France, captured and a Prisoner of War (POW), Stalag Luft III, Zagan and liberated by Patton's troops at Stalag VIIa, Moosburg.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH, POW, EAME (1BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39174786
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: MOS 748 Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735213
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 28 July 1943
- Date: 25 July 1943
- Date: 14 July 1943
- Date: 10 July 1943
- Date: 4 July 1943
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
15 January 1922 | BornShamokin, Pennsylvania | |
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Enlisted |
17 April 1941 | EnlistedHarrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
17 August 1943 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag Luft III, Zagan PolandStalag VIIa, Moosburg | |
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Other Discharged |
15 October 1945 | ||
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Died |
20 January 1986 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 291 / MACR 291,
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