Selmer Thompson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by ME109s and crashed W of Meppen, GR on the return from a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31194 'Duchess of Dixie'. Killed in Action (KIA).



AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Clarence Asbury Gridley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-800876
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "The Princess Pat" of the 388th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '388th BG.'

42-30829

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Princess Pat
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

42-31194

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Duchess of Dixie
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

42-37886

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Blitzing Betsy
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rangoon, Burma 27 August 1911
Sanger, Fresno Co., California

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Schoeningsdorf, Germany 6 March 1944

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot A Row 23 Grave 6 Ardennes American Cemetery

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Sources

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Sources

ABMC, MACR 3034, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3084 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database