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Personal info

Full name
MEEKIN, Clarence Everett
Date of birth
7 August 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Avon, Livingston County, New York
Hometown
Avon, Livingston County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-738712
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
332nd Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 April 1944
Place of death
North Sea, 5 km west of Texel, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John E. Meekin (father)
Ruth G. Meekin (mother)
Frances L. Meekin (sister)
Andrew J. Meekin (brother)
Ethel (Goodberlet) Meekin (wife)
Richard S. Meekin (son)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102520
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 4468

More information

2nd Lt Clarence E. Meekin graduated from Avon High School and attended the University of Rochester.

He joined the National Guard in Genesco, New York on 27 January 1941 and later was transferred to the Air Corps. He was graduated as a bombardier in February 1943.

His son, Richard Stanley, was born 10 days after his father was shot down.

The airplane was hit by flak.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR 4468, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census, http://www.8thafhs.com, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: André Koch, Chris vd Linden, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle - 18 May 1944