Clifford D Sahner Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

On a mission to Rostock, GR on 24 Feb 1944, B-17G #42-31561 left formation with one engine out and the horizontal stabilizer missing and was last seen going down under attack from fighters eventually making an emergency landing at Oster Hojst, Denmark. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31561

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Just Elmers Tune
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Killed in action

24 February 1944

Born

Louisville, Kentucky

Buried

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2644, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces