Clifford Norris Bakkom
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 44439 - 1st Lt Clifford Norris Bakkom, 384BG.
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Zenda, WI 53195, USA | 10 April 1920 | Son of Osmund and Emma [Olsen] Bakkom. |
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Enlisted |
Madison, WI | 20 June 1942 | Madison, Wisconsin |
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 2 August 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 547th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #155 dated 2 August 1944, George B. Rowe Crew. 30 combat missions. |
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Died |
Appleton, WI, USA | 9 October 2013 | |
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Buried |
Oak Hill Cemetery, Lake Geneva, Walworth County, WI | 12 October 2013 | Oak Hill Cemetery Lake Geneva Walworth County Wisconsin, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
