Raymond P Clotfelter
Military
Object Number - UPL 49476 - 1st Lt Raymond P Clotfelter, 335FS, 4FG.
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return from fighter sweep. Hit in coolant system strafing an airfield near Dreux in P-51B 43-6843. Crashed near Ménerville. 28-Mar-44. Pilot Lt Raymond Clotfelter baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
MACR 3525.
Post War: Retired USAF as a Lieutenant Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Illinois, USA | 13 April 1922 | |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 9 October 1943 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 23 December 1943 | Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 28 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
Ménerville, France | 28 March 1944 | Failed to Return from fighter sweep. Hit in coolant system strafing an airfield near Dreux in P-51B 43-6843. Crashed near Ménerville. 28-Mar-44. Pilot Lt Raymond Clotfelter baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3525. |
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Died |
Omaha, NE, USA | 15 January 1988 | |
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Buried |
Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha Douglas County NE | 18 January 1988 | Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha Douglas County Nebraska, USA. |
| Hillsboro, Illinois, USA | |||
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3525 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
