Lester W McClellan

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

After leaving formation due to an engine fire on secondary missions to bomb airfilds near Hanover, GR on 21 Feb 1944, B-17F #42-30634 'Liberty Belle' was attacked by nine FW190s. Four crewman jumped before the a/c exploded and crashed in the North Sea off Egmond, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Staff Sergeant Rich, a top turret gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Rich top turret gunner 412 BS.'

412th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th Bomb Group

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

Places

Horham

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date
Died		21 February 1944
Born	Toulon, Illinois
Buried

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:18:50

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2423, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces