Clay Byers

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-17293.jpeg UPL 17293 LT Clay Byers
Radar Navigator
Crew #442 - Homer Y. Harris Crew
KIA when his a/c crashed while forming up on 1 September 1944

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 17293 - LT Clay Byers Radar Navigator Crew #442 - Homer Y. Harris Crew KIA when his a/c crashed while forming up on 1 September 1944

KIA when his aircraft encountered prop wash at an altitude of approx. 300 feet and in a 40 degree bank shortly after take off. The a/c stalled and crashed. All 12 on board were KIA

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

Homer Y Harris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801596
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-51134

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Liberty Belle
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Valle Crucis, NC 28679, USA 4 October 1921

Enlisted

Tennessee, USA 14 March 1942

Died

Horsham Saint Faith, Norwich, Norfolk, UK 1 September 1944 a/c stalled and crashed shortly after takeoff. All 12 on board were KIA.

Buried

8 September 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton South Cambridgeshire District Cambridgeshire, England
Elizabeth, Tennessee 37770, USA Route 2

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Accident report 035 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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