Clifford Lewis Denning

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 706BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blainville, France in B-24 41-29543 27-Apr-44; flak damaged and 2 engines out, A/C exploded before he could exit. Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

People

Harold James Larson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804689
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29543

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bungay

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Oklahoma City, OK 11 April 1922 Son of Forrest C and Iva Jewell Denning.

Enlisted

Chicago, IL 22 August 1942 Chicago Illinois

Died

Palm Bay, Cliftonville 27 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Blainville, France in B-24 41-29543 27-Apr-44; flak damaged and 2 engines out, A/C exploded before he could exit. KIA

Buried

28 April 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot C Row 6 Grave 12

Based

Bungay 27 April 1944 Assigned to 706BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement p. 257 History of the 446th by Jansen. Roll of Honor p. 306; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 91 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia