42-30662 Clarissa Jean

Delivered Amarillo 7/7/43; Dallas 19/7/43; Geiger 8/8/43; Pendleton 12/8/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Gt Ashfield 8/43; Missing in Action Rostock 24/2/44 with John Terrace (KIA-probably bailed too late); Co-pilot: Eugene St John, Navigator: Tom Harrington, Bombardier: Claude Edwards, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Worley, Radio Operator: Bill Morrison, Ball turret gunner: Bob Goldsmith, Waist gunner: Joe Lovely, Waist gunner: Clyde Wilkinson, Tail gunner: Chas Coleman (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Baltic Sea, off Rugen Is, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2778. CLARISSA JEAN.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 24 February 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Contributorhermanns
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385th BG website

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2778 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database