Cletus T Ormsby
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-61 Black Widow
- Unit: 362nd Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Aerial Victory |
near Libramont, France | 30 December 1944 | 1 - JU 188 flying P-61 42-5574 w/David Howerton |
Died |
near Darmstadt, Germany | 24 March 1945 | Shot down by a flak shell that burst in the crew nacelle. Radar Operator, though badly injured was able to bail out. Ormsby was KIA. |
Buried |
Buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avoid (Moselle) France. Plot D Row 27 Grave 41 | ||
Osage, Iowa | |||
Born |
Varner, Missouri | ||
Other Aerial Victory |
1-Bf 110 w/David Howerton | ||
Other Aerial Victory |
1 - Do 217 w/David Howerton |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/81305391:6061?indiv=1…
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=21095
"Northrop's Night Hunter - P-61 Black Widow" - Jeff Koln, page 152
"P-61 Black Widow Units of World War 2" - Warren Thompson, page 86
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Changes
Sources
Information courtesy of Astrid van Erp, Fields of Honour database at http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/