Raymond C Clifton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Reported to 306th BG in April, 1942 at Wendover AB, Utah. Deployed with BG to England Fall of 1942. Completed at least 17 missions according to one of his last letters home. Lost on 17 April 43 mission against FW plant in Bremen in B-17F #42-3034, piloted by Capt. Walter Smiley. Aircraft crashed in North Sea and was not recovered.



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Colorado City, Texas 5 September 1923

Died

17 April 1943

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 17 April 1943

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Sources

Documents and family letters, MACR 1551, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 p. 105 by Bishop and Hey, First Over Germany pp. 86-88 by R. Strong. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15518 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database