Clarence Galen Bevington

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Merseburg. Whilst strafing a train, hit trees and somersaulted in near Zell in P-51D 44-11216. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10553.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bunker Hill, IN, USA 11 February 1919 Son of Clarence Edison and Sylvia Marie [Stout] Bevington.

Enlisted

Grant Township, IL, USA 16 January 1942 Camp Grant Illinois USA

Based

Boxted 31 July 1944 - 1 August 1944 Assigned to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Transferred

Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK 1 August 1944 - 25 November 1944 Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

56856 Zell, Germany 25 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Merseburg. Whilst strafing a train, hit trees and somersaulted in near Zell in P-51D 44-11216. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10553.
Bureau County, IL, USA

Buried

Galveston, IN 46932, USA Galveston Cemetery Galveston Cass County Indiana USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10553 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database