Claron Evans Markham
MilitaryAssigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-23778. 31 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post War: Graduated from the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, Ithaca, in 1950. Joined the partnership of Drs. E.H. Jones and Robert E. Lormore, Lowville, and continued to practice until 1974.
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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: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (44th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: 17062705 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Jenny - Lady Luck
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Battleaxe
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Myrtle The Fertile Turtle
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 66th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
West Turin, Lewis, NY | 8 July 1921 | Son of Hugh A and Ethel E [Evans] Markham. |
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Enlisted |
Syracuse, NY | 11 March 1942 | Syracuse, New York |
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Died |
Brantingham, Lewis County, New York, USA | 3 January 2002 | |
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Buried |
Lowville Rural Cemetery Lowville, Lewis County, NY | 6 January 2002 | Lowville Rural Cemetery Lowville, Lewis County, New York |
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Based |
Shipdham | Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/79860631
https://www.fold3.com/image/672999109
https://www.fold3.com/record/8855357/social-security-death-index-claron…
https://www.fold3.com/record/83527986/world-war-ii-army-enlistment-reco…
https://www.fold3.com/record/714214980/u-s-veterans-gravesites-ca-1775-…
https://www.44thbombgroup.org/home
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106944796/claron-evans-markham
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp