Clarence Galen Bevington
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Merseburg. Whilst strafing a train, hit trees and somersaulted in near Zell in P-51D 44-11216. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10553.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bunker Hill, IN, USA | 11 February 1919 | Son of Clarence Edison and Sylvia Marie [Stout] Bevington. |
Enlisted |
Grant Township, IL, USA | 16 January 1942 | Camp Grant Illinois USA |
Based |
Boxted | 31 July 1944 - 1 August 1944 | Assigned to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Transferred |
Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK | 1 August 1944 - 25 November 1944 | Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
56856 Zell, Germany | 25 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Merseburg. Whilst strafing a train, hit trees and somersaulted in near Zell in P-51D 44-11216. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10553. |
Bureau County, IL, USA | |||
Buried |
Galveston, IN 46932, USA | Galveston Cemetery Galveston Cass County Indiana USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10553 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database