Raymond C Clifton
Military ROLL OF HONOURReported 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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 |
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Born |
Colorado City, Texas | 5 September 1923 | |
Died |
17 April 1943 | ||
Buried |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 17 April 1943 |
Revisions
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