Clarence F Borchardt
MilitaryShot down in 42-5893 'Sad Sax' 26 July 1943. Prisoner of War (POW)
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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: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18040338
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner, Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16003331, O-789459
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33001506 at enlistment, then O-733649
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sad Sack
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | 1 March 1913 | |
Enlisted |
10 March 1942 | Camp Grant, Illinois | |
Other made a Prisoner of War (POW) |
26 July 1943 | ||
Died |
6 March 1972 | ||
Buried |
Clarence Borchardt rests at the Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 197
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Vetarans Affairs BIRLS Death File
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 197 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / RE Bloxom/MACR 197