Clarence Andrew Strawn
Military
Pilot
390th BG - 568th BS
Object Number - UPL 46166 - 1LT Clarence A. Strawn (with wife Mary Elizabeth) Pilot 390th BG - 568th BS
17 October 1943 crew bailed out of B17#42-30610 'Red Ass' when a fire in the fuselage developed during a training flight.
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel in 1964
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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
- Nicknames: Silver Slipper
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rovin Ramona
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Red Ass
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Paper Doll
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rovin’ romona ii/big friend
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Missions
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Pueblo, CO | 5 December 1916 | |
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Other 390BG Combat Tour |
Framlingham Airfield, UK | 2 September 1943 - 11 May 1944 | |
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Other Bailed Out/Returned to Duty |
West Hanningfield, UK | 17 October 1943 | Crew was forced to bail out over England due to an onboard fire. Strawn did not fly combat again until February 1944 |
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Died |
Big Rapids, MI | 27 August 1979 | |
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Buried |
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO | 31 August 1979 | United States Air Force Academy Cemetery Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA Plot Lot 3, row B, site 48 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 344
