Cleo Homer Gates
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 51739 - Sgt Cleo Homer Gates, 324BS, 91BG
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 16-Aug-44 in B-17 43-38000 while serving as Waist Gunner. The aircraft was attacked by German fighters which set it on fire and detonated the bomb load which caused the aircraft to disintegrate in mid-air. The remains of the aircraft fell near Lehna, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8181
Awards: DFC, GC, PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-819552
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Newton, KS | 11 December 1923 | Son of Lloyd L Gates. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lehna, 37308 Schimberg, Germany | 16 August 1944 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters and set on fire detonating the bomb load which caused the aircraft to disintegrate in mid-air. The remains of the aircraft fell near Lehna, Germany |
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Buried |
Schimberg, Germany | 17 August 1944 | Originally buried by the Germans. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery Newton, Harvey County, KS | Final Interment Greenwood Cemetery Newton, Harvey County, Kansas | |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 16 August 1944 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Training |
Amarilo, TX | Gunnery training - Amarilo, Texas. | |
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Enlisted |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "attacked " was misspelled.
Corrected several typos in the event description sections.
Lee Cunningham 16-Dec-2014. Added SN, KIA event, BG and BS connections per MACR 8181; added KIA and Burial details and biograrphy per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE. made connections to Place, AIrcraft and Mission wihtin existing website data. COMBINED entry.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8181
