Charles Richard Clymer

Military

media-395076.jpg FRE 5133 The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Shot down in B-17 42-97282 on 8 November 1944. At 1145 hours, the aircraft pulled out of formation with #3 engine feathered but under control; was picked up immediately by P-51 escort; flak damage caused crew to bail out safely, except bombardier whose parachute did not open; crew was fired on as they descended; aircraft crashed just south of Bodenheim (near Mainz), Germany; MACR 10352.

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Units served with

384th Bomb Group

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

544th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-97282

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Rebel
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Missions

705

Date: 8 November 1944

Places

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Enlisted		29 July 1942	Residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Private, Air Corps
Other Assigned		15 October 1944	Assigned to the 384th Bomb G roup, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders # 204 dated 15 October 1944, William Bright Drake Crew. 6 combat missions.
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	8 November 1944	POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16.
Born	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA