Russell K Clingan
Military
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.
Object Number - UPL 30735 - Russell K. Clingan, Ball Turret Gunner, 100th Bomb Group.
Russell was at business school in Waterloo before joining up. After training he joined the 100th BG at Thorpe Abbotts flying on 25 combat missions.
He afterwards graduated in journalism from Duke University and worked on the local newspaper before starting up his own 'Lee Town News' which he published for 25 years. He was later Chairman of the Polk County Conservation Board and active in the 8thAF Historical Society.
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Born |
DesMoines, Iowa |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000
