Clifford Leroy Snyder

Military
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear. There is also some gear lying in front of the men. UPL 66846 UPL 66846 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/8 August 1944, Bretteville sur Laize, France.
Back L-R: Lt. K. Garrison (N), 2nd Lt. Frank Gudowski (OBS/TG), 2nd Lt. Cecil Hobdey (N), 2nd Lt. Alfred Hendrix (B), unidentified 1.
Front L-R: Capt. John Shelley (AC/CP), unidentified 2, unidentified 3, 1st Lt. James McCartney (P), SSgt. Clifford Snyder (FG), unidentified 4.
To Be Identified: TSgt. Morton Sapolin (RO), TSgt. Joseph Frisbee (TT), SSgt. Rufus Saunders (BT), SSgt. Wade Flannery (FG).

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Object Number - UPL 66846 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/8 August 1944, Bretteville sur Laize, France. Back L-R: Lt. K. Garrison (N), 2nd Lt. Frank Gudowski (OBS/TG), 2nd Lt....

Completed Tour, Returned to USA

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38013

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

Places

Revisions

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Added Role per info on the 384th BG website.

Added an Association to “Grafton Underwood”, the home base of the 384th BG.

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Added "Middle name, S/N, Rank, Role, 547th BS and Summary Biography" per 384th BG website.

https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=6605

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…

Clifford Leroy Snyder: Gallery (3 items)

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear. There is also some gear lying in front of the men.

Object number: UPL 66846 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/8 August 1944...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. There are canvas bags on the ground in front of the men

Object number: UPL 66872 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/4 August 1944...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Object number: UPL 69571 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 3 August 1944/Fleurs...