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

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Frederick Bird
  • 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: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mason City, Iowa 22 April 1921 BornMason City,  Iowa

Enlisted

Fort Des Moines, Iowa 26 January 1942 EnlistedFort Des Moines, Iowa

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

Died

2 January 1984 DiedMason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Buried/ Commemorated

Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery Mason City, Iowa 5 January 1984 InterredElmwood Saint Joseph CemeteryMason City, Iowa

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