Cleveland D Hickman
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF. Flew as pilot of B-24 41-23711 'Jerks Natural' on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti raid, diverted safely to Sicily.
"After crossing the English Channel fighters intercepted them a cannon shell exploded in the cockpit. Fighters continued to engage the bomber again and again. Earned the Distinguished Flying Cross as well as 1 Lt Howard N Young and 2 Lt Cleveland D Hickman. After Yenalavage dropped his bombs, he dressed wounds for Young and Hickman and took over Hickman's controls in the cockpit and landed the plane with instructions from Hickman."
Shot down 20-Dec-43 on a mission to Bremen in B-24 42-40133. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: DFC (OLC), PH.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2044655
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
![Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph S Tate Jr, Sergeant Edward J Rubin and Technical Sergeant Gottrell H Wright of the 93rd Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-40128) nicknamed "Ball of Fire the III".
Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 4 Nov 1943' [stamp]. '283892' [Censor no].
Printed caption on reverse: 'COMBAT PERSONNEL OF THE "TRAVELLING CIRCUS"
L to R: Lt. Col. Joseph S. Tate, Jr of St. Augustine Fla. Squadron Commander, has completed 32 missions, incl. Rome and Ploest](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379221.jpg.webp?itok=4G-yHWIa)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16047688
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734857
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
![Lietuenant W.E Keefer, Lieutenant Phil Ziegler, Lieutenant Howard Young and Lieutenant Joe Walker, of the 93rd Bomb Group stand with their B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23742) nicknamed "Liberty Lad" at Alconbury. In a duplicate version of this image a censor has obscured the insignia on the airmen's jackets and the structure visible beneath the aircraft to the far left of the image. Image stamped on reverse: 'Ministry of Information 10 Oct 1942.'[stamp] and '226088'[Censor no]. Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379205.jpg.webp?itok=Gm6K5oAU)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19052873 / O-437682
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
San Francisco, California | 17 October 1921 | Born San Francisco, California |
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Enlisted |
Moffet Field, CA | 13 January 1942 | Enlisted Moffet Field, California |
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Other Survived Ploesti |
Ploesti, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Flew as pilot of B-24 41-23711 'Jerks Natural' on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti raid, diverted safely to Sicily. |
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Died Killed in action |
Germany | 20 December 1943 | Shot down 20-Dec-43 on a mission to Bremen in B-24 42-40133. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK. | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK. |
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Based Assigned |
Benina | 20 December 1943 | Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF. |
Revisions
ABMC; MACR 2188 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2188 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database