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name
LOVELL, Clyde O - Date of
birth
1920 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Mississippi -
Hometown
Walthall County, Mississippi
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34137223 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
349th Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
24 September 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30259 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Mission: Practice flight
MACR: 778
More information
S/Sgt Clyde O. attended collegeand was a clerk before he enlisted at Camp Chelby, Mississippi on 9 January 1942.While over the North Sea on a practice mission, about 10 to 15 enemy fighters jumped the formation and left the plane badly shot up and #3 engine and part of the right wing burning fiercely. The pilot ordered the crew to bail out but he rode the aircraft to a crash landing in the sea.
Five crew members were killed, five were rescued.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov
Photo source: www.100thBombGroup