Clyde E Driggers

Military
media-37188.jpeg UPL 37188 Lt Driggers awarded the Air Medal. Kenneth Owens

papers of Staff Sgt Kenneth Owens.

Object Number - UPL 37188 - Lt Driggers awarded the Air Medal.

Lt Driggers was the pilot of B24 42-78341, "Th Inhooming Critter". He was shot down on mission # 95, July 9th ,1944, to Ploesti, Romania, in B24 42-78341. All nine members of the crew bailed out and were returned to allied control with the help of partisans.

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Units served with

449th Bomb Group

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

People

Kenneth Lee Owens

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-78341

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Th Inhooming Critter
  • Unit: 449th Bomb Group 718th Bomb Squadron

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papers of Staff Sgt Kenneth Owens and MACR # 7011

Clyde E Driggers: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 37188 - Lt Driggers awarded the Air Medal.

Object number: UPL 37189 - partisans with Lt Driggers and crew. SSgt Owens...