Clifton James Stewart
MilitaryAssigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Gerald R Smith crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-52025 17-Dec-44; Mauled by fighters, #3 engine on fire, oxygen system shot out, A/C abandoned. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10680
Awards: POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Arsenic and Lace
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Massachusetts, USA | 6 September 1924 | Son of Clifton S and Pearl L Stewart. |
Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 10 October 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts |
Other Baled out POW |
Muglitz, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-52025 17-Dec-44; Mauled by fighters, #3 engine on fire, oxygen system shot out, A/C abandoned. POW MACR 10680 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
5 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Plymouth, MA | 10 January 1992 | |
Buried |
Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne, Barnstable County, MA | 14 January 1992 | Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne, Barnstable County, MA |
Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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