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Military
"33 Raids to Hell and Back"
Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF as lead crew.
Flew 32 combat missions from 9 April to 1 September 1944. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Aerial Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF as lead crew.
Flew 32 combat missions from 9 April to 1 September 1944. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PUC, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 94th Bomb Group
Flew on 'Leading Lady' on many missions. Active during Normandy invasions.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
"33 Raids to Hell and Back"
Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF as lead crew.
Flew 32 combat missions from 9 April to 1 September 1944. ETD
Awards: DFC, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
"33 Raids to Hell and Back"
Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF as lead crew.
Flew 32 combat missions from 9 April to 1 September 1944. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator / Mickey Op | 94th Bomb Group
"33 Raids to Hell and Back"
Assigned to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Navigator initially (9 missions), later Mickey operator (22 missions) with Capt Verner Wertsch's crew aboard B-17 42-97668 'Leading Lady'. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Tail Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
"33 Raids to Hell and Back"
Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD. Final mission flown 17-Sep-44.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
Alan Wertsch served as a pilot with the 333rd Bomb Squadron of the 94th Bomb Group, flying missions out of Bury St Edmunds, England. His crew is commemorated on a plaque, titled "33 Raids to Hell and Back" at the Rougham Control Tower Museum.
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Group
Activated 15 June 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Initial organization and training at Pendleton Field, Oregon on 29 June 1942. Primary flight training at Davis-Monthan Field in Arizona from 28 Aug. 42 to 31 Oct. 42; then at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas...
Squadron
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 15/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-K] Rougham 11/4/44 LUCKY REBEL; Salvaged 9AF German 29/12/45. THE EAGLE'S WRATH.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/43; Helena 4/12/43; Gt Falls 5/12/43; Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 12/12/43; New Castle 17/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-V] Rougham 26/12/43 ERIE FERRY; Missing in Action Bohlen 11/9/44 with Merle Green, Co...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 21/1/44; 1SAG Langley 1/2/44; Grenier 2/4/44; Assigned 385BG [ -U] Gt Ashfield; transferred 333BS/94BG [TS-N] Rougham 7/4/44; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 8/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas...
Military site : airfield
The airfield was purpose-built for American bomb groups and as such had a 2,000 yard main runway that lain in concrete with a tarred and wood-chipped surface. The scale of bases such as this meant that very often the technical, administrative and...
Other location
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Edwards, IL | 30 July 1914 |
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Son of Edward Loren and Hattie Belle [Snelling] Elliott. |
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| Lived in | Bakersfield, CA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | Fresno CA | 20 December 1942 |
| Based | Bury St Edmunds | February 1944 – 30 April 1944 |
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Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Based | Bury St Edmunds | 30 April 1944 – September 1944 |
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Transferred to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF as lead crew. |
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| Discharged USAAF | 22 October 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | Golden Gate, IL | 20 June 1967 |
| Buried | Greenlawn Cemetery and Mortuary, Bakersfield, CA | 23 June 1967 |
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Greenlawn Cemetery and Mortuary |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 28 March 2019 12:21:38 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
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http://journalmah.org/clark1_2.pdf |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 28 March 2019 12:20:04 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://journalmah.org/clark1_2.pdf |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 September 2015 12:18:16 | usxpat | Created entry with surname, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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Rougham Control Tower memorial plaques |
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