Robert E Clague

Military
media-29030.jpeg UPL 29030 Lt Robert E Clague 84FS, 78FG, 8AF.

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Object Number - UPL 29030 - Lt Robert E Clague 84FS, 78FG, 8AF.

Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Ostend in P-47D 42-25698 hit by flak, causing engine to fail belly landing at Graefenhausen Prisoner of War (POW) 10-Sep-44 MACR 8691.

Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

41-6245

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Sweet Pea
  • Unit: 406th Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 78th Fighter Group 513th Fighter Squadron 551st Fighter Training Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron

42-25698

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Okie II Jeanie
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Duxford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Highland Park, Michigan 18 August 1918 Son of Edward R Clague.

Other

Crashed

Warton, Carnforth, UK 6 November 1943 Taxiing Accident Warton/Sta 582 Cat 3 damage Lt Robert E Clague, 6-Nov-43. P-47C 41-6245 - 2025GF 8AF

Based

Duxford 16 November 1943 - 10 September 1944 Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Belly landing

Gräfenhausen, 64331 Weiterstadt, Germany 10 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Ostend in P-47D 42-25698 hit by flak, causing engine to fail belly landing at Graefenhausen POW 10-Sep-44 MACR 8691.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 10 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Oakland County, MI, USA 8 December 2002

Other

Promotion

Duxford, Cambridge CB22 4QR, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenent.

Buried

Troy, MI, USA White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery Troy Oakland County, MI

Revisions

Date14 Jan 2018 14:14:41
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/45913348-robert-e-clague
https://www.fold3.com/image/28695251
https://www.fold3.com/image/149780386?terms=Robert%20E%20Clague
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=clague&Submit=Search
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Clague&Submit7=Go
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159786534/robert-e.-clague

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:13
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8691 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Object number: UPL 29030 - Lt Robert E Clague 84FS, 78FG, 8AF.