Clay Van Dalsem Ferguson

Military

Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 42-40115 'Boomerang' 1-Aug-43 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 159





Awards: DFC, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-438441
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Boomerang
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Longview, Texas 27 October 1900 Son of Caly Webster and Laura Alice [Van Dalsem] Ferguson.

Enlisted

Tyler, TX 12 October 1940 Tyler, Texas

Other

Prisoner of War [POW]

Bucharest, Romania 1 August 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Held in Romania

Other

Baled out POW

Ploesti, Romania 1 August 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 42-40115 'Boomerang' 1-Aug-43 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 159

Died

San Antonio, TX 1 March 1976

Buried

Memory Park Cemetery Longview, Harrison County, TX 4 March 1976 Memory Park Cemetery Longview, Harrison County, Texas

Based

1 August 1943 Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

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AAM Database.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 159