John C Clausing Jr

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed at Wittefeld on 8/5/44 in B-24 'Carolyn Sue' #42-95190, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-95190

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Carolyn Sue
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Yakima, Washington

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 5 September 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to A/C #42-95190 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7888