Nathan Clarke Douglas
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 43-38803; mid air collision, crashed Wilsnack, Germany 10-Apr-45 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13877.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06983722 / O-827689
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dixie, Thomasville, Georgia, USA | 9 April 1924 | Son of Love Crovatt Douglas. Brother of Hettie Love Douglas. |
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Enlisted |
Atlanta, GA | 24 November 1942 | Atlanta, Georgia |
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Died |
Wilsnack, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 43-38803; mid air collision, crashed Wilsnack, Germany 10-Apr-45 KIA MACR 13877. |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thurleigh | 10 April 1945 | Assigned 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Leige, Belgium Plot A Row 39 Grave 5 | ||
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Buried |
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Thomas County, GA | Memorialised Laurel Hill Cemetery Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13877 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database