Walter M Clevenger
Military ROLL OF HONOUR10-Jul-42 Assigned as a Radio Operator of B-17F 41-24608 [BN-S] "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS at at Alamogordo Field, New Mexico. Arrived in the UK at Molesworth, UK on 12-Oct-42 with "Yahoodi" as the first aircraft of the 303BG to arrived in England.
Shot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24608 'Yehudi' while serving as Radio Operator. Aircraft crashed into the sea off the Belle-Ile-en-Mer, France. Killed in Action (KIA). Participated in 6 Operations (3 were aborted) See Biography events.
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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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 23 November 1942
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Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 10 July 1942 | Assigned as Radio Operator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yehoodi", 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 12 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as Radio Operator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS. The first B-17 of the 303BG to arrive in England. |
Other Mission #1, TSGT Walter M. Clevenger, w/B-17F 41-24608, 303BG/359BS- Aborted |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Radio Operator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, TSGT Walter M. Clevenger, w/B-17F 41-24606, 303BG/359BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Radio Operator of B-17F 41-24606 "Werewolf", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, TSGT Walter M. Clevenger, w/B-17F 41-24608, 303BG/359BS- Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Radio Operator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #4, TSGT Walter M. Clevenger, w/B-17F 41-24608, 303BG/359BS- Aborted |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Radio Operator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #5, TSGT Walter M. Clevenger, w/B-17F 41-24608, 303BG/359BS |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as Radio Operator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Belle Île, France | 3 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained severe damage from flak over the target and crashed into the sea off of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, France. His remains have never been recovered. |
Other Mission #6, TSGT Walter M. Clevenger, w/B-17F 41-24608, 303BG/359BS - KIA |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Radio Operator of B-17F 41-24608 "Yahoodi", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. Aircraft was shot down and he was Killed in Action (KIA). |
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Corrected crew position on Mission #4.
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Frank A. Saunders crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-saunders.html
Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Frank A. Saunders crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-saunders.html
Lee Cunningham 15-DEc-2015. Added assignment to aircraft and arrival in UK to Summary Biography and made connections ro 41-24606 and all mission participations per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15720; added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and crash location to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.