Clarence J Harding

Military
media-50231.jpeg UPL 50231 Aiken Crew "Bomber's Moon) and Lithander Crew (Pregnant Peggy) Memorial Plaque. (location: crash site in Germany)
Courtesy of Dennis Lithander

Object Number - UPL 50231 - Aiken Crew "Bomber's Moon) and Lithander Crew (Pregnant Peggy) Memorial Plaque. (location: crash site in Germany) Courtesy of Dennis Lithander

Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Mid air collision with B-24 42-94913, both A/C fell out of the sky. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9636.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18177193 / O-710865
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37706629
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33638093
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11093744 / O-723316
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33554238
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bomber's Moon
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kansas City, KS 14 June 1920 Son of C G Harding.

Enlisted

Kansas City, KS, USA 24 July 1942 Kansas City, Kansas

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 19 October 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out

67480 Edenkoben, Germany 19 October 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Mid air collision with B-24 42-94913, both A/C fell out of the sky. POW. MACR 9636.

Born

Clinton, Missouri, USA

Based

Halesworth 19 October 1944 Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF.

Born

Platte County, MO, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9635 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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