Clyde Alison Arrants

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort to Berlin, last seen circling airfield 5 miles south of Schleswig with element leader. Shot down by flak, crashed Viöl, Germany in P-51D 44-13949. Pilot 2nd Lt Clyde Arrants Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Sep-44. MACR 9010.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-13949

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fresno, CA, USA 10 December 1915 Son of Charles C and Catharine L [Allison] Arrants.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 5 August 1942

Died

25884 Viöl, Germany 18 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort to Berlin, last seen circling airfield 5 miles south of Schleswig with element leader. Shot down by flak, crashed Viöl, Germany in P-51D 44-13949. Pilot 2nd Lt Clyde Arrants Killed in Action (KIA). 18-Sep-44. MACR 9010.
Fresno, CA, USA

Other

Assigned

Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK 18 September 1944 Assigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial.

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=13949&Submit=Sea…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=9010&Submit=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28668991
https://www.fold3.com/page/84994401_clyde_a%20arrants/details/
http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-a…
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Arrants&GSfn=Clyd…;

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list