Clay Van Dalsem Ferguson
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 159