Clinton Leroy Ehret
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-31447 'Cookie' 11-Apr-44; plane crashed into Baltic. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3811
Captured German documents revealed that the bodies of Lts. Splan and Duff and Sgt Zittleman were recovered from the Baltic Sea near Kolberg, Germany.
Awards: AM (2OLC), EAME, PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15019304 / O-803299
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cookie
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Atchison, Kansas, USA | 20 October 1922 | Son of Adolph Benjamin and Mary Louise [Barnes] Ehret. |
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Enlisted |
Atchison, KS | 23 December 1940 | Atchison, Kansas |
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Died |
Baltic Sea | 11 April 1944 | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Snetterton Heath | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
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Buried |
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, KS | Memorialised Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas |
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3811 / MACR 3811; Snetterton Falcons, pg 130, 317 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database