Clayton Russell Wilson
Military
Back L-R: John DesRoches, Eugene Penick, George Kendal, Vern Long, Herbert May, Jack F. Hook.
Front L-R: Herman Stevens, Clayton Wilson, Fred Bloesch, Dewey Browne.
Object Number - UPL 82000 - Clayton Wilson crew 544BS, 384BG: Back L-R: John DesRoches, Eugene Penick, George Kendal, Vern Long, Herbert May, Jack F. Hook. Front L-R:...
Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x missions. Shot down 17-Aug-43 in B-17 42-30147 'Flak Dancer. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
His B-17 damaged on Schweinfurt mission, crash landed in France, captured and a Prisoner of War (POW), Stalag Luft III, Zagan and liberated by Patton's troops at Stalag VIIa, Moosburg.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH, POW, EAME (1BS), WWII Victory.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33248462
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wabbit Twacks : Homesick Sal
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Piccadilly Commando : Wabbit Twacks III
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Merrie Hell
- Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: M'Honey
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak House
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 16 August 1943
- Date: 15 August 1943
- Date: 30 July 1943
- Date: 29 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
15 January 1922 | BornShamokin, Pennsylvania | |
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Enlisted |
17 April 1941 | EnlistedHarrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
17 August 1943 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag Luft III, Zagan PolandStalag VIIa, Moosburg | |
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Other Discharged |
15 October 1945 | ||
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Died |
20 January 1986 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 291 / MACR 291,
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