Clifford Odell Williams

Military

Shot down 27 May 1944 in AC #4267875 near Saint-Léger les Croisilles. Evaded with help of French Resistance.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-67875

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Village Mills, Texas 17 October 1921

Other

Evaded

62128 Croisilles, France 27 May 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Combined two entries into a single entry for Clifford O Williams. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5281 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / WWW.55th.org roster

Correspondence with researcher Maxime Delière

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5281; Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000