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SSGT Clifford Thomas Hamilton
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SSGT Clifford Thomas Hamilton Veteran

Birth
Death
20 May 1944 (aged 23)
At Sea
Cenotaph
Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, USA GPS-Latitude: 31.9032795, Longitude: -85.1423776
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Staff Sergeant, 373rd AAF Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, World War II


B-24J #42-73317 'Puck' took off from Liuchow headed for the base at Yangkai, China on a sea sweep mission. The plane and its entire crew disappeared when attacked by possible anti-aircraft fire at over the China Sea.


The crew members were:


1st Lt Donald G Richardson, Pilot

1st Lt Frank L Munson, Co-Pilot

1st Lt James P 'Jim' Gilbert, Navigator

1st Lt Linus J Austin, Bombardier

TSgt Cecil L Olson, Radio Operator

SSgt Arthur (NMI) Regal, Asst Radio Operator

TSgt Harold W 'H W' Case, Engineer

Cpl Jordan L Daley, Asst Engineer

Cpl Walter S Polchlopek, Gunner/Armorer

SSgt Clifford T Hamilton, Gunner/Armorer

1st Lt Russell T Breckenridge, Sq S-2 Officer

Staff Sergeant, 373rd AAF Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, World War II


B-24J #42-73317 'Puck' took off from Liuchow headed for the base at Yangkai, China on a sea sweep mission. The plane and its entire crew disappeared when attacked by possible anti-aircraft fire at over the China Sea.


The crew members were:


1st Lt Donald G Richardson, Pilot

1st Lt Frank L Munson, Co-Pilot

1st Lt James P 'Jim' Gilbert, Navigator

1st Lt Linus J Austin, Bombardier

TSgt Cecil L Olson, Radio Operator

SSgt Arthur (NMI) Regal, Asst Radio Operator

TSgt Harold W 'H W' Case, Engineer

Cpl Jordan L Daley, Asst Engineer

Cpl Walter S Polchlopek, Gunner/Armorer

SSgt Clifford T Hamilton, Gunner/Armorer

1st Lt Russell T Breckenridge, Sq S-2 Officer


Inscription

IN MEMORY OF
S. SGT. CLIFFORD T.
HAMILTON
14TH AAF
"SHOT DOWN OVER CHINA SEA"
1921 - 1944




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