USAAF WORLD WAR II
Gunner Sgt. Clarence W. Snow DIS
Hometown: Wathena, Kansas
Squadron: 68th, 44th Bomb Group
Service# 37219104
Awards:
Clarence W. Snow is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Doniphan County, Kansas.
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Glenn C. Hovey
Target: Training Mission,
Mission Date: 13-Jan-44
Serial Number: #42-7551
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Shipdham, England
Cause: Pilot Error
On this day, 2nd Lt. Glenn C. Hovey and his crew were performing a training mission, readying themselves for combat. This crew had joined the 68th Squadron on 24 December, 1943, and had not yet participated in a combat mission.
This aircraft approached the field at Shipdham for a landing with wheels and flaps down and #1 propeller feathered. The pilot evidently "over shot" the landing, so he passed over the field and banked to the left (into that dead engine). While in this left bank, the aircraft lost altitude and dropped below the level of the trees, regained some altitude and then settled back down and struck a tree with the left wing. The airplane crashed into a small clump of trees and exploded, killing all ten men aboard. Lt. Sowers, bombardier was thrown clear of the ship and was taken to the hospital alive. He died at 0200 hours. Time of accident – 1420 hours.
#42-7551 Crew
2nd/Lt. Glenn C. Hovey Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clifford C. Peterson Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. Stanley Weiner Navigator
2nd/Lt. Richard J. Sowers Bombardier
S/Sgt. Arthur L. Nelson Engineer
S/Sgt. Walter G. Hoffmann Jr. Radio Op.
Sgt. Clarence W. Snow Gunner
Sgt. Robert E. Robbins Gunner
Sgt. Edward C. Pollmann Gunner
Sgt. Arthur F. Testa Gunner
***I would like to thank John Dowdy Find A Grave ID47791572 for his kind transfer of this memorial to my care***
***Many thanks to Sharon Hunt Find A Grave ID47020955 for posting her gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Justin K. Snow Find A Grave ID 50643203 for linking family members to this memorial***
Gunner Sgt. Clarence W. Snow DIS
Hometown: Wathena, Kansas
Squadron: 68th, 44th Bomb Group
Service# 37219104
Awards:
Clarence W. Snow is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Doniphan County, Kansas.
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Glenn C. Hovey
Target: Training Mission,
Mission Date: 13-Jan-44
Serial Number: #42-7551
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Shipdham, England
Cause: Pilot Error
On this day, 2nd Lt. Glenn C. Hovey and his crew were performing a training mission, readying themselves for combat. This crew had joined the 68th Squadron on 24 December, 1943, and had not yet participated in a combat mission.
This aircraft approached the field at Shipdham for a landing with wheels and flaps down and #1 propeller feathered. The pilot evidently "over shot" the landing, so he passed over the field and banked to the left (into that dead engine). While in this left bank, the aircraft lost altitude and dropped below the level of the trees, regained some altitude and then settled back down and struck a tree with the left wing. The airplane crashed into a small clump of trees and exploded, killing all ten men aboard. Lt. Sowers, bombardier was thrown clear of the ship and was taken to the hospital alive. He died at 0200 hours. Time of accident – 1420 hours.
#42-7551 Crew
2nd/Lt. Glenn C. Hovey Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clifford C. Peterson Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. Stanley Weiner Navigator
2nd/Lt. Richard J. Sowers Bombardier
S/Sgt. Arthur L. Nelson Engineer
S/Sgt. Walter G. Hoffmann Jr. Radio Op.
Sgt. Clarence W. Snow Gunner
Sgt. Robert E. Robbins Gunner
Sgt. Edward C. Pollmann Gunner
Sgt. Arthur F. Testa Gunner
***I would like to thank John Dowdy Find A Grave ID47791572 for his kind transfer of this memorial to my care***
***Many thanks to Sharon Hunt Find A Grave ID47020955 for posting her gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Justin K. Snow Find A Grave ID 50643203 for linking family members to this memorial***
USAAF WORLD WAR II
Gunner Sgt. Clarence W. Snow DIS
Hometown: Wathena, Kansas
Squadron: 68th, 44th Bomb Group
Service# 37219104
Awards:
Clarence W. Snow is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Doniphan County, Kansas.
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Glenn C. Hovey
Target: Training Mission,
Mission Date: 13-Jan-44
Serial Number: #42-7551
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Shipdham, England
Cause: Pilot Error
On this day, 2nd Lt. Glenn C. Hovey and his crew were performing a training mission, readying themselves for combat. This crew had joined the 68th Squadron on 24 December, 1943, and had not yet participated in a combat mission.
This aircraft approached the field at Shipdham for a landing with wheels and flaps down and #1 propeller feathered. The pilot evidently "over shot" the landing, so he passed over the field and banked to the left (into that dead engine). While in this left bank, the aircraft lost altitude and dropped below the level of the trees, regained some altitude and then settled back down and struck a tree with the left wing. The airplane crashed into a small clump of trees and exploded, killing all ten men aboard. Lt. Sowers, bombardier was thrown clear of the ship and was taken to the hospital alive. He died at 0200 hours. Time of accident – 1420 hours.
#42-7551 Crew
2nd/Lt. Glenn C. Hovey Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clifford C. Peterson Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. Stanley Weiner Navigator
2nd/Lt. Richard J. Sowers Bombardier
S/Sgt. Arthur L. Nelson Engineer
S/Sgt. Walter G. Hoffmann Jr. Radio Op.
Sgt. Clarence W. Snow Gunner
Sgt. Robert E. Robbins Gunner
Sgt. Edward C. Pollmann Gunner
Sgt. Arthur F. Testa Gunner
***I would like to thank John Dowdy Find A Grave ID47791572 for his kind transfer of this memorial to my care***
***Many thanks to Sharon Hunt Find A Grave ID47020955 for posting her gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Justin K. Snow Find A Grave ID 50643203 for linking family members to this memorial***
Gunner Sgt. Clarence W. Snow DIS
Hometown: Wathena, Kansas
Squadron: 68th, 44th Bomb Group
Service# 37219104
Awards:
Clarence W. Snow is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Doniphan County, Kansas.
Pilot 2nd/Lt. Glenn C. Hovey
Target: Training Mission,
Mission Date: 13-Jan-44
Serial Number: #42-7551
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Shipdham, England
Cause: Pilot Error
On this day, 2nd Lt. Glenn C. Hovey and his crew were performing a training mission, readying themselves for combat. This crew had joined the 68th Squadron on 24 December, 1943, and had not yet participated in a combat mission.
This aircraft approached the field at Shipdham for a landing with wheels and flaps down and #1 propeller feathered. The pilot evidently "over shot" the landing, so he passed over the field and banked to the left (into that dead engine). While in this left bank, the aircraft lost altitude and dropped below the level of the trees, regained some altitude and then settled back down and struck a tree with the left wing. The airplane crashed into a small clump of trees and exploded, killing all ten men aboard. Lt. Sowers, bombardier was thrown clear of the ship and was taken to the hospital alive. He died at 0200 hours. Time of accident – 1420 hours.
#42-7551 Crew
2nd/Lt. Glenn C. Hovey Pilot
2nd/Lt. Clifford C. Peterson Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. Stanley Weiner Navigator
2nd/Lt. Richard J. Sowers Bombardier
S/Sgt. Arthur L. Nelson Engineer
S/Sgt. Walter G. Hoffmann Jr. Radio Op.
Sgt. Clarence W. Snow Gunner
Sgt. Robert E. Robbins Gunner
Sgt. Edward C. Pollmann Gunner
Sgt. Arthur F. Testa Gunner
***I would like to thank John Dowdy Find A Grave ID47791572 for his kind transfer of this memorial to my care***
***Many thanks to Sharon Hunt Find A Grave ID47020955 for posting her gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Justin K. Snow Find A Grave ID 50643203 for linking family members to this memorial***
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CLARENCE W SNOW
MISSOURI
SGT 68 AAF BOMB SQ
WORLD WAR II
MAY 1 1920 JAN 13 1944
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