Clement Isaac Irons

Military

Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31786 'Gin Ricky' 8-May-44; hit by enemy aircraft KO'd #3 engine, crashed Worphausen, 9 miles NE of Bremen. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 4563



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32214948 / O-677681
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12089284 / O812998
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jeanne Ricky
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ohio, USA 22 December 1921 Son of Clint Line and Lottie Adelphia [Shreve] Irons.

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, PA 7 January 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Other

Baled out POW

Worphausen, Germany 8 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31786 'Gin Ricky' 8-May-44; hit by enemy aircraft KO'd #3 engine, crashed Worphausen, 9 miles NE of Bremen. POW MACR 4563

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 8 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

Reston, Fairfax County, VA 1 April 2016

Buried

Venango Cemetery Venango, PA 5 April 2016 Venango Cemetery Venango, Crawford County, PA Section 1 - Lot 51 - Grave 10

Based

Great Ashfield 8 May 1944 Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF.
Linesville, PA

Other

Flight training

Douglas AAF, GA Pilot training Class 1943-I; Douglas, GA Went on to retrain as Navigator.

Revisions

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Clem was on my grandfather's original crew.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4563 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database