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Personal info

Full name
MC CLOY, Jim T
Date of birth
22 June 1914
Age
28
Place of birth
Argenta, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Hometown
McGehee, Desha County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
37069811
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
369th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1942
Place of death
Lille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 1 31

Immediate family

Members
William M. Mc Cloy (father)
Minnie (Thompson) Mc Cloy (mother)
William M. Mc Cloy Jr (brother)
Samuel T. Mc Cloy (brother)
Art W. Mc Cloy (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
41-24472
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Lille, France
Mission: Bombing of the Ateliers D'Hellemmes, locomotive industry
MACR: 16133

More information

S/Sgt Jim T. Mc Cloy trained to become a radio operator at Scott Field, illinois and became the best of his class in gunnery school in Harlingen, Texas.

The airplane was attacked by enemy fighters and also hit by flak. It was probably shot down by Lt. Gerhard Seifert of the 8/JG 26. It crashed near the target.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.fold3.com, Arkansas Birth Certificates

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Tennessean - 3 July 1943