John T Clay
Military ROLL OF HONOURAdded photo
John Clay was Tail Gunner on B-24 #42-100315 "Quivering Box" of 446th Bomb Group / 705th Bomb Squadron on the 21 July 1944 mission to Munich, Germany. Wounded in the head, he died the same day in hospital and was buried in a military cemetery in Berg-op-Zoon, The Netherlands. His name is on the memorial to War Dead in the City Park, in Mc Kenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee.
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed at Tholen in B-24 Quivering Box #42100315
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32360814
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11117390
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39540933
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17031794 and O-666088
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19088418 and O-731684
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot; Squadron Operations Officer
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States | 10 January 1942 | |
Other Wounded In Action |
near Tholen, The Netherlands | 21 July 1944 | on board B-24 #42-100315 "Quivering Box" of 446th Bomb Group / 705th Bomb Squadron on the 21 July 1944 mission to Munich, Germany. The Liberator was hit by Flak on return from the mission and John Clay was wounded in the head. Landing in parachute, he was immediately captured. |
Other Died of Wounds (DOW) |
near Berg-op-Zoon, The Netherlands | 21 July 1944 | in a German Naval hospital where he was next to Radio Operator William Kopczynski |
Buried |
Berg-op-Zoom, The Netherlands | 22 July 1944 | in a military cemetery in Berg-op-Zoon |
Born |
Tennessee, United States | the son of Hadden H. and Kathleen L. Clay | |
Trezevant, Tennessee, United States |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7250 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database