Clarence Cecil Norton
Military
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James M Bradley (Lower right, front row) and crew. 8th AF, 96th Bomb Group, 339th Squadron, England 1943.
Top row, left to right: Hendrix, Gates, Reeser, Norton, Gross.
Bottom row , left to right. James Bradley, Wiggins, Scott, Cole (Cole was pilot that went down with plane when they were shot down over France, Jan 1944 James M Bradley
Top row, left to right: Hendrix, Gates, Reeser, Norton, Gross.
Bottom row , left to right. James Bradley, Wiggins, Scott, Cole (Cole was pilot that went down with plane when they were shot down over France, Jan 1944 James M Bradley
Added connections to airmen's records.
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30665 'Hunyak'. Evaded - Escape & Evasion Report E&E 882-883 (linked to E&E 882 for Bombardier Lt James M. Bradley.)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18067993 at enlistment, then O-726116
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19038435 at enlistment, then O-421049
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6394292
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13012941
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13153161
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hunyak
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
9 March 1922 | Tennessee | |
Enlisted |
21 August 1942 | Camp Forrest, Tennessee | |
Other evaded capture |
5 January 1944 - 7 August 1944 | Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he was led to many places in France and was ultimately hidden in a huge Maquis camp East of Luchapt. He and Bombardier Lt James M. Bradley and another evading American airman participated in Maquis operations against the Germans, in a joint force with the British SAS (Special Air Service.) Norton, Bradley and the 3rd US airman were then brought North to an airfield at Villemort, also in the Vienne Department of France. Flown back to England in an RAF Hudson, they landed at Tempsford in the morning of 7 August 1944. | |
Died |
2 July 1993 | ||
Knox County, Tennessee | |||
Buried |
Clarence Norton rests at the Greenwood Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2014 / MACR 2014; Snetterton Falcons pg 97 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database