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Cecil M. Clore, 1943. Douglas Field, Arizona.
Pilot, Clore crew. "B" Flight Commander. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed shortly after TO near Hedingham on mission #56 to Kiel, Germany in B-17G #42-31278 'Mix Master'. Originally buried with the entire crew at Cambridge AMC. This was Lt. Clore's, and most of the crew's, 25th mission.
Lt. Clore was killed in action as a result of an airplane crash, on January 4, 1944, at Castle Hedingham, England. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in February 1942, and received his pilot training at Santa Ana, Hemet and Bakersfield in California, graduating from advance training at Douglas, Arizona, February 6, 1943, where he received his wings and commission. He was further trained as pilot for a B-17 bomber at Blythe, California, Walla Walla, Washington and Madras, Oregon. He had been overseas since July 1943.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 381st Bomb Group
Radio operator, Clore crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed shortly after TO near Hedingham on mission #56 to Kiel, Germany in B-17G #42-31278 'Mix Master'. T/Sgt Bozzette was a former ground crew member who took gunnery...
Military | Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer | 381st Bomb Group
Clore, C Crew. Original member. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF.
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 381st Bomb Group
Clore, C. Crew. Original member. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group
Bombardier, Clore crew. Original crew member. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed shortly after TO near Hedingham on mission #56 to Kiel, Germany in B-17G #42-31278 'Mix Master'. Originally buried in the Cambridge AMC.
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Military | Navigator | 381st Bomb Group
Clore, C. Crew. Original member. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Muslim-American. Son of Syrian immigrants. Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
TG, Clore crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed shortly after TO near Hedingham on mission #56 to Kiel, Germany in B-17G #42-31278 'Mix Master'. Buried in the Cambridge AMC. Original member of the Clore crew.
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Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Clore, C. Crew. Original member. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Co-pilot, Clore crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed shortly after TO near Hedingham on mission #56 to Kiel, Germany in B-17G #42-31278 'Mix Master'. Original member of the Clore crew. Possibly on his 25th mission....
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
RWG, Clore crew. Original member of the Winter, D crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed shortly after TO near Hedingham on mission #56 to Kiel, Germany in B-17G #42-31278 'Mix Master'. Originally buried in the Cambridge AMC....
Group
The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 14/10/43; Gr Island 29/10/43; Memphis 5/11/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 20/12/43; crashed on take off 2m Kiel 4/1/44 with Cecil Clore, Co-pilot: John Newell, Navigator: Ralph Waldman, Bombardier: Marvin Dille, Flight...
31 August 1943
This mission is composed of two elements. The first element is composed of 170 B-17s from: 91BG (16); 92BG (19); 303BG (20); 305BG (18); 306BG (18); 351BG (21); 379BG (21); 381BG (19); and 384BG (18). The primary target for this element is German...
3 September 1943
German airfields in France and the Caudron-Renault works at Paris are the targets for this mission. The mission is composed of three elements. The first element is a combined force of 168 B-17s from: 91BG (14); 351BG (19); 381BG (22); 92BG (19); 305BG ...
6 September 1943
This mission was planned as massive attack of 338 B-17s on the industrial areas of Stuttgart, Germany and would be supported by a formation of 69 B-24s flying a diversion. This would be the first action from the UK for the B-24 Groups that had recently...
7 September 1943
Two German airfields, one at Brussels, Begium and the other at Bergen, Holland, and the V-Weapons sites around Watten, France are the primary targets for this mission.
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8 September 1943
5 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched to assist the RAF with a photoflash drop over the target at Boulogne, France. There are no losses or claims.
23 September 1943
This mission consisted of three elements, one element from 1st Bomb Division and 2 others from 3rd Bomb Division. The first element was a combined force of 177 B-17s from: 91BG (21); 92BG (19); 305BG (18); 306BG (18); 351BG (19) and 381BG (22)...
26 September 1943
This mission was composed of four elements. The first element was a combined force of 55 B-17s from 91BG (19); 381BG (18); and 351BG (18) that were dispatched to attack industrial targets in and around Paris, France. As the formation approached the...
27 September 1943
The industrial areas of Emden, Germany are the targets for this two-element mission. The first element is a combined force of 141 B-17s despatched from 3rd Bomb Division and include the 94BG (19); 95BG (22); 96BG (21); 100BG (20); 385BG (18); 399BG (20...
9 October 1943
This mission is composed of 6 elements. The first element is a combined force of 115 B-17s from: 303BG (20); 379BG (20); 384BG (21); 351BG (21); 91BG 16; and 381BG (16) dispatched to bomb the industrial areas of Anklam, Germany. 106 aircraft are...
14 October 1943
This was the 2nd mission flown against the ball bearing industry at Schweinfurt, Germany and was as equally disastrous as that flown on 17-Aug-43. It came to be known as "Black Thursday". While fighter escort was dispatched, bad weather and lack of...
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| Died | 4 January 1944 | |
| Buried | 6 January 1944 |
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| 09 December 2020 21:53:04 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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| 31 May 2019 20:37:38 | VetResearch23 | Changes to media associations |
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Class 43-B book. Douglas Field, Arizona. |
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| 15 January 2018 21:36:50 | ARowe95 | Changes to person associations |
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| 15 January 2018 21:24:09 | ARowe95 | Changes to biography |
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| 15 January 2018 21:22:40 | ARowe95 | Changes to biography, awards, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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| 11 June 2015 11:52:29 | A. van Erp | Changes to aircraft associations |
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| 11 June 2015 11:48:36 | A. van Erp | Changes to service number, biography and awards |
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| 27 September 2014 18:05:19 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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