Glen Underwood
Military | Captain | B-24 Command Pilot | 98th Bomb Group
Lt. Glen Underwood was the pilot of the B-24D, 41-11921, Northern Star, and, later,
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Clement Simeon Badeau
Military
Clement Badeau was assigned to the 344th Bomb Squadron, the 98th Bomb Group, in the 9th Air Force, USAAF, in North Africa. He was in Lt. Glen Underwood's crew in the B-24D, 41-11921, Northern Star - Doc, and flew with them on the Ploesti bombing mission. Lt. Underwood successfully bombed his target, White IV, and returned safely to Benghazi, Libya, despite being intercepted by enemy fighters over Bulgaria. 10 RTD. 1 Aug 1943.
Awards: DFC, AM (4 OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Woonsocket, Rhode Island firefighter for 29 years.
Service
People
Units served with
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98th Bomb Group
Group
The 98th trained for bombardment missions with B-24 Liberators during the first half of 1942. ... -
344th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
The 344th Bombing Squadron was first activated at MacDill Field, Florida as one of the original three squadrons assigned to the 98th Bombardment Group. The 344th soon moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana, where it began to train as a Consolidated B-24...
Aircraft
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41-11921 Northern Star, Doc
B-24 Liberator
This aircraft, 41-11921, was originally assigned to the 8th Air Force and the 376th Bomb Group in England, in 1942, and carried the name, Northern Star, and it's corresponding nose art on both sides of the nose. In the spring of 1943, Northern Star was...
Missions
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Operation Tidal Wave
1 August 1943
Operation TIDAL WAVE. B-24D Liberators attack the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. The bombers flew low to avoid radar detection and dropped time delayed bombs. Out of the 177 B-24s that took part in the raid 167 managed to attack their targets. 57...
Events
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| Born | Fortierville, Quebec, Canada | 2 February 1919 |
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Son of James and Odila [Charland] Badeau. |
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| Enlisted | Providence, RI | 20 January 1942 |
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Providence, Rhode Island |
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| Based | Benina | 1943 – 1944 |
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Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Discharged USAAF | 20 July 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | Woonsocket, RI | 7 July 1999 |
| Buried | Saint Jean the Baptist Cemetery Bellingham, Norfolk County, MA | 10 July 1999 |
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Saint Jean the Baptist Cemetery |
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Revisions
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| 04 December 2021 06:34:46 | Kickapoo | Changes to role |
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Added detail. - Kickapoo |
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| 04 December 2021 06:33:38 | Kickapoo | Changes to biography and unit associations |
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98th Bombardment Group - Clement Badeau |
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| 04 December 2021 06:19:43 | Kickapoo | Changes to biography |
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Removed punctuation from airplane names for clarity. Spelling changes. - Kickapoo |
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| 06 August 2021 09:51:21 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, biography and events |
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155469184/clement-s-badeau |
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| 05 August 2021 17:41:40 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability. |
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| 11 May 2020 11:26:30 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/657966896 |
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| 08 May 2020 20:30:15 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| 29 March 2015 15:38:22 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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