Clay M Isbell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24478 while serving as Pilot. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24478

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Piriac-sur-Mer, France 23 November 1942 Killed when the aircraft was hit by flak and German fighters and crashed near Piriac, France.

Buried

Fort Worth, TX, USA Originally buried by the Germans in the English Cemetery at Escoublac, France. After the war his remains were moved to the American Brittany Cemetery and later by request of next of kin to Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park, Ft. Worth, Texas.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 1-Dec-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 15392 and Burial event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 7-Nov-2014. MACR 15392; "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey; Burial information: ww.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=5230

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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 / Roll of Honor, MACR 15392 , Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 48, First Over Germany pg. 2, 11, 40, & 51