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![B-24 41-28853 783BS, 465BG, 15AF [ pilot Clarence J Lokker ]. Lead plane on mission to bomb oil refinery in Blechammer, hit by flak in bomb bay. 20th November 1944. 5 x POW, 6 x KIA. MACR 9889.
Colourised by Royston Leonard from the UK](http://americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/media/media-25069.jpeg?itok=WyjC10Ij)
B-24 41-28853 783BS, 465BG, 15AF [ pilot Clarence J Lokker ]. Lead plane on mission to bomb oil refinery in Blechammer, hit by flak in bomb bay. 20th November 1944. 5 x POW, 6 x KIA. MACR 9889. Colourised by Royston Leonard from the UK
Assigned to 783BS, 465BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from raid on Oil refinery in Blechhammer, Germany. When B-24 42-28853 lost a wing over the target he was unable to bail out. 20-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9889.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Squadron Commander - Command Pilot | 465th Bomb Group
Clarence Jack Lokker has answered that last call, and now stands on the “Plains of Valhalla” with others of that “long gray line” who await us all.
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The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force.
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Group
It was constituted as the 465th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 19 May 1943
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Squadron
B-24 Liberator
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | New Hampshire, USA | 1918 |
| Lived in | New Hampshire, USA | 1941 |
| Enlisted | Boston, MA, USA | 22 December 1941 |
| Based | Pantanella | 1943 – 20 November 1944 |
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Assigned to 783BS, 465BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Blechhammer, 92439 Bodenwöhr, Germany | 20 November 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) from raid on Oil refinery in Blechhammer, Germany. When B-24 42-28853 lost a wing over the target he was unable to bail out. 20-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12301.Failed to Return (FTR) from raid on Oil refinery in Blechhammer, Germany. When B-24 42-28853 lost a wing over the target he was unable to bail out. 20-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9889. |
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| Buried | 1945 | |
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Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 December 2016 12:13:44 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography and events |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-28853&Submit6=Go |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 December 2016 11:32:41 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-28853&Submit6=Go |
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