Clarence Dale Wainwright Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 533BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. 17 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31698. Hit by fighters, fell out of formation colliding with B-17 42-97214 'Carolina Queen' and exploding. Baled out badly wounded, died of wounds. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5319
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18159193 / O-757698
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13108563 / O-814266
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18194331
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18191899
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32649965
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 23 April 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Died |
NW Berlin | 24 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31698; hit by fighters, fell out of formation colliding with B-17 42-97214 'Carolina Queen' and exploding. KIA MACR 5319 |
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Born |
East Pembroke, Massachusetts, USA | Son of Clarence Dale Sr and Elsie M [Dodge] Wainwright. | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Ridgewell | 24 May 1944 | Assigned to 533BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot D Row 37 Grave 7 |
Revisions
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 5319 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
Added "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Added a connection to A/C #42-97214 listed in the "Summary biography".
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MACR 5319 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database