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Personal info

Full name
BIXLER, Clarence C
Date of birth
15 December 1919
Age
23
Place of birth
Fulton County, Ohio
Hometown
Lenawee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O-735514
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
427th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
26 November 1943
Place of death
Nort Sea, 10 km north of Texel, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Corbett B. Bixler (father)
Erma P. (Lutton) Bixler (mother)
Mary E. Bixler (sister)
Robert J. Bixler (brother)
Irene A. Bixler (sister)
Homer W. Bixler (brother)
Viola M. Bixler (sister)
Erma J. Bixler (sister)
Myrtle J. Bixler (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-29955
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Mr Five by Five
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the city
MACR: 1324

More information

2nd Lt Clarence C. Bixler graduated from Weston High School and was employed at the Simplex Paper Corp.

He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Detroit, Michigan on 28 October 1941.

The airplane was last seen 10 kilometres west of Texel Island over the North Sea when it dropped out of formation with its wheels down. It appeared to be under control when last seen.

All ten crew members were killed. Only the body of the bombarbier, 1st Lt John W. Hull, washed ashore on Terschelling Island, The Netherlands on 13 February 1944.


Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, 303rd Bomb Group, www.newspapers.com - The Adrian Daily Telegram, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, 303rd Bomb Group, www.newspapers.com - The Adrian Daily Telegram,