Royal D Palmer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 577BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 4-Jan-44 in B-24 42-7479 'War Horse'. Target Kiel, Germany. Plane crashed into North Sea, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1909.



Awards: AM, PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

People

Clyde Wix Rigby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19073211 / O-743208
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

An arirman of the 392nd Bomb Group with a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "War Horse". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'War Horse, 392BG.'

42-7479

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: War Horse
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Seattle, WA, USA 24 April 1942 Seattle, Washington

Died

North Sea 4 January 1944 Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-24 42-7479 'War Horse'. Target Kiel, Germany. Plane crashed into North Sea. MACR 1909
Chehalis, Washington, USA

Buried/ Commemorated

Tablets of the missing. Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Born

South Dakota, USA

Based

4 January 1944 Assigned to 577BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Sources

ABMC, MACR 1909, Losses of 8th AF / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1909 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database