Porter Dudley Clemens
Military
Removed associations which are not depicted in the image. Relevant associations made in his PERSON record.
Object Number - UPL 52656 - Porter D. Clemens
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 31-Dec-43 in B-17 42-29895 'Black Swan'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1975
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH, GC, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
Connections
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Units served with

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

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

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-750185
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11066576
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35488672
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
![A bomber crew of the 91st Bomb Group plan their next raid in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-C, serial number 41-24490) nicknamed "Jack the Ripper". Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 1 Feb 1943' [stamp] and '246367' [Censor no]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Some of the airmen from America who are taking part in the daily raids on enemy occupied territory and Germany in their giant high altitude aircraft the 'Flying Fortress' capable of carrying a 11,000 [this has been amended by censor](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379144.jpg?itok=ksS46KLA)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jack The Ripper
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Taurus; Sad Sack
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Quiturbitchin
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ritzy Blitz
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Connecticut Yankee
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions

- Date: 31 December 1943
![Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-408449.jpg?itok=vqYd9b1f)
- Date: 11 December 1943

- Date: 5 December 1943

- Date: 1 December 1943

- Date: 26 November 1943
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Portland, Oregon | 23 December 1923 | Son of Wade H. and Jessie I. Clemens. |
Enlisted |
Portland, OR | 17 July 1942 | Portland, Oregon |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalg XVIIb, Krems, Austria | 31 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb |
Other Shot down |
Banelec, Britany, France | 31 December 1943 | Shot down over Brittany, France, in B-17, The "Black Swan" |
Died |
Klamath Falls, Oregon | 17 August 1989 | |
Based |
31 December 1943 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
My uncle, Porter D. Clemens
This is my uncle, Porter D. Clemens
Added a S/N and a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
MACR 1975
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1975 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database