Clarence Beverly Flinn

Military

media-37581.jpeg UPL 37581

Taken in CB's residence

Object Number - UPL 37581

Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x missions, December 1943 - May 1944 ETD

Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), GC, American Defense and Campaign, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.

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8th Air Force 284

Date: 29 March 1944

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31330) of the 452nd Bomb Group releases its bombs over an airdrome in Bordeaux. Printed caption on reverese: '61732 AC- BOMBS AWAY!!!! A Beoing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 452nd Bomb Group releases its bombs on the Nazi airdrome, Bordeaux, France, as the air offensive against the enemy reaches an all time high. 27 March 1944. US Air Force Photo.'

8th Air Force 282

Date: 27 March 1944

8th Air Force 275

Date: 23 March 1944

A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'

8th Air Force 273

Date: 22 March 1944

A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31761) nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge". Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial for Censor.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '310673.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'BACK FROM BERLIN. Scenes this week at a Bomber station of the U.S. Air Force , somewhere in England. The crew of the Flying Fortress "Rotherhithe's Revenge", a British subscribed ship

8th Air Force 252

Date: 8 March 1944

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Event	Date	Description
Born	21 February 1923	BornShelby County, Mississippi
Enlisted	4 December 1942
Other Called to Active Duty	22 February 1943
Other Discharged	29 November 1945
Died	19 January 2002	DiedGulfport, Mississippi

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Date21 Apr 2024 09:50:20

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.fold3.com/image/658850758

https://www.fold3.com/record/54623385/clarence-b-flinn-us-social-security-death-index

https://www.fold3.com/record/629030417/clarence-flinn-1923-us-veterans-affairs-birls-death-file-1850-2010

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/138805719?objectPage=409

Date21 Apr 2024 09:49:28

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.fold3.com/image/658850758

https://www.fold3.com/record/54623385/clarence-b-flinn-us-social-security-death-index

https://www.fold3.com/record/629030417/clarence-flinn-1923-us-veterans-affairs-birls-death-file-1850-2010

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/138805719?objectPage=409

Date8 Feb 2021 18:17:26

ContributorCory Turner

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Correction from service records

Date1 Mar 2019 17:20:04

ContributorCory Turner

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Date1 Mar 2019 16:38:14

ContributorCory Turner

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Date1 Mar 2019 16:31:19

ContributorCory Turner

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92nd BG Historian

Date1 Mar 2019 15:58:47

ContributorCory Turner

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Image taken in residence.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:14

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self