Clifford J Rondou
MilitaryAssigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 26 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.
Unable to escape through waist escape door, passed out in bomb bay, woke in free fall wounded from explosion, but with chute attached. Suffered burns to right eye and a dislocated right knee along with a lump of B-17 embedded in skull.
Awards: AM, 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: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15171461 / O-815242
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Queen of Hearts Lil Satan
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Green Bay, WI | 29 March 1924 | Son of Alfred J and Clara Johanna [Liedeka] Rondou. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Sheridan, IL | 15 February 1943 | Fort Sheridan, Illinois |
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Other Baled out POW |
Niederndodeleben, Germany | 28 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' Crashed at Niederdodeleben. POW 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364. |
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Other Hospitalised |
Madgeburg, Germany | 28 September 1944 - 4 October 1944 | Hospitalised Madgeburg. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 4 October 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
4 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Appleton, WI | 6 January 1984 | |
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Buried |
Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, WI | 10 January 1984 | Riverside Cemetery Appleton, Outagamie County, WI |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Kimbolton | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9364 / MACR 9364; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 325 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database