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2nd Lt Clifton M. Dover graduated from Rock Hill High school. He was a student at Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College in Clemson, South Carolina with a major in Mechanical Engineering.

He was trained and qualified as a B-17 Bombardier and assigned to the 96th Bomb Group, based in Snedderton Heath in southern England. He was on only his 5th mission when his formation of B-17s, on a mission to Berlin, was attacked by German fighters and his aircraft was shot down. Some additional information on that mission and the names of the other crew members, some of whom were able to bail out, can be found in the Museum of the Mighty Eighth in Pooler, Georgia.

In the general area of 5243N 0910E the formation was attacked by 30 - 50 enemy aircraft. First attack coming at 0955 and knocking down approximately 5 aircraft. Second attack coming at 1005 and knocking down 5 more. Parachutes were seen but could not be identified to any particular aircraft. Also some aircraft went down under control and some out of control. Accurate reports concerning individual aircraft are unavailable.

He was initially buried at the Jewish Cemetery of Hoya, Germany on 10 May 1944 along with the rest of the crew.