Ray Ellison Clough
Military
Object Number - UPL 84211 - 2nd Lt Ray E. Clough
Assigned to326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt 14-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30231; downed by enemy aircraft, crashed St Goar, 11 miles SE of Boppard, Germany. MACR 844. Prisoner of War (POW)
Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.
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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: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34070732 / O-676009
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37264777
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner/Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 326th Bomb Squadron 92nd Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mason City, Iowa | 22 April 1921 | BornMason City, Iowa |
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Enlisted |
Fort Des Moines, Iowa | 26 January 1942 | EnlistedFort Des Moines, Iowa |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland | 14 October 1943 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland |
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Died |
2 January 1984 | DiedMason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery Mason City, Iowa | 5 January 1984 | InterredElmwood Saint Joseph CemeteryMason City, Iowa |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
MACR 844 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
