Porter Dudley Clemens

Military
media-52656.jpeg UPL 52656 Porter D. Clemens

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

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Edwin M Bruton

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

Wayne L Buck

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

Warren L Ellis

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

Elmer L Frederick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11066576
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Rollin E Gater

  • 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

41-24490

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jack The Ripper
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

41-24504

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

41-24505

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

42-29487

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

42-2970

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

Missions

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag XVII-B

  • 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

Date14 Jun 2022 21:00:47
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/637950539
https://www.fold3.com/image/197121005
https://www.fold3.com/record/73080107/porter-d-clemens-social-security-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/85014870/porter-d-clemens-wwii-army-enlist…

Date3 Jan 2022 08:08:14
Contributortorinoscj
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

My uncle, Porter D. Clemens

Date3 Jan 2022 06:16:12
Contributortorinoscj
ChangesChanges to events and mission associations
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My uncle, Porter D. Clemens

Date3 Jan 2022 05:04:51
Contributortorinoscj
ChangesChanges to nickname, awards, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations
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This is my uncle, Porter D. Clemens

Date6 Nov 2020 23:26:56
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to events and place associations
Sources

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).

Date4 Oct 2018 13:37:26
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, biography, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

MACR 1975

Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:33
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

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

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