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Personal info

Full name
STEWART, Clarence Melvin
Date of birth
29 September 1913
Age
29
Place of birth
Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri
Hometown
Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37184183
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Waist Gunner
Unit
547th Bombardment Squadron,
384th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 June 1943
Place of death
English Channel

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 19 68

Immediate family

Members
Louis Stewart (father)
Sophrona Stewart (mother)
Inez Stewart (sister)
Catherine I. Stewart (sister)
Chester C. Stewart (brother)
Edward L. Stewart (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5853
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Salvage Queen
Destination: Antwerp, Belgium
Mission: Bombing of the General Motors truck factory
MACR: 14667

More information

Sgt Clarence M. Stewart enlisted at Jefferson Barracks on 13 May 1942.

The aircraft was attacked by Fw 190s of II/JG 26 on the return from the target before leaving the coast. It was observed making a gliding approach to the water halfway across the English Channel.

Three crew members survived and were taken prisoner, seven men were killed.

His body washed ashore on the Belgian coast on 1 July 1943. He was buried at the cemetery of Zeebrugge, Belgium, the same day.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR 14667, https://www.newspapers.com - The Palmyra Spectator - 20 May 1942, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy