Clarence A Coombs

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
A bomber crew of the 100th Bomb Group plan a route under the engines of their B-17 Flying Fortress. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 23 Aug 1943.' [stamp] and '280033.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg' Associated Press Photo shows: Back Row (left to right) ' T/Sgt Ira Bardman,of Greenlane,Penn; S/Sgt Alfred Clark of Dodge ,Mass;S/Sgt M J Casebolt, of Osborne, Ohio; T/Sgt James W Brady of Long Island N.Y media-378754.jpg FRE 906 A bomber crew of the 100th Bomb Group plan a route under the engines of their B-17 Flying Fortress. Left to right they are:
Standing:
2/Lt August H Gaspar;
S/Sgt James M Johnson;
T/Sgt Leonard R Weeks;
T/Sgt. Orlando E. Vincenti, of Carbondale, PA.
S/Sgt Don Garrison of Eldorado, Ill;
2/Lt Glenn E Graham.

Crouching:
Lt Frank Murphy of Atlanta , Georgia;
Sgt Clarence Coombs of Lisbon ME,
Major John C Egan of Mantiwoc, Wis
Lt Charles Cruikshank of Everett Mass.

Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 23 Aug 1943.' [stamp] and '280033.' [Censor no.]
Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg. Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg. Associated Press Photo shows Back Row, (left to right ) Second Lt August H Gaspar; S/Sgt James M Johnson; T/Sgt Leonard R Weeks; T/Sgt. Orlando E. Vincenti, of Carbondale, PA. S/Sgt Don Garrison of Eldorado, Ill; Second Lieut Glenn E Graham. Front Row Lt Frank Murphy of Atlanta , Georgia; Sgt Clarence Coombe of Lisbon ME, Major John C Egan of Mantiwoc, Wis and Lt Chas Cruikshank of Everett Mass. Photographed on their return to a U S Bomber Station "somewhere in England".' Roger Freeman Collection

Corrected airmen associated with this record.
The Associated Press printed caption for FRE 906 had been stuck onto the back of FRE 905 and vice versa.

Object Number - FRE 906 - A bomber crew of the 100th Bomb Group plan a route under the engines of their B-17 Flying Fortress. Left to right they are: Standing: 2/Lt August H...

Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30047 'Sweater Girl', Killed in Action (KIA).

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweater Girl
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

10 October 1943

Born

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

10 October 1943

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.

Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1031 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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