Cleve served as a Sergeant & Tail Gunner on B-17G #42-31441, 360th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Aroostook County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 22, 1942 in Bangor, Maine. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a machine shop and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17G #42-31441 had just taken off from Molesworth/Sta. 107 in England and was assembling into flight formation when they were involved in a mid-air collision with B-17 #42-29747 and crashed at Catworth, Cambridgeshire, England. All twenty airmen aboard both planes were killed.
Cleve was "Killed In Action" in this incident during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 11118382
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17G #42-31441:
Berntzen, Arthur O ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, New York
Brown, Lee E ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, South Carolina
Burkitt, Benajah G ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Florida
Cantrell, Alvin D ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, Arkansas
Foote, Herbert A ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Massachusetts
Gatewood, Philip H ~ S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Kansas
Kuhn, Harold J ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Kansas
Reith, Fred J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, New York
Rush, Cleve C ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, Maine
Stoffregen, William E ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, New York
For Airmen who perished on B-17G #42-29747 see:
Chamberlain, Paul R ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Washington
( Crew Report by: Tim Cook & Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Aroostook County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 22, 1942 in Bangor, Maine. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a machine shop and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17G #42-31441 had just taken off from Molesworth/Sta. 107 in England and was assembling into flight formation when they were involved in a mid-air collision with B-17 #42-29747 and crashed at Catworth, Cambridgeshire, England. All twenty airmen aboard both planes were killed.
Cleve was "Killed In Action" in this incident during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 11118382
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17G #42-31441:
Berntzen, Arthur O ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, New York
Brown, Lee E ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, South Carolina
Burkitt, Benajah G ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Florida
Cantrell, Alvin D ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, Arkansas
Foote, Herbert A ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Massachusetts
Gatewood, Philip H ~ S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Kansas
Kuhn, Harold J ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Kansas
Reith, Fred J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, New York
Rush, Cleve C ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, Maine
Stoffregen, William E ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, New York
For Airmen who perished on B-17G #42-29747 see:
Chamberlain, Paul R ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Washington
( Crew Report by: Tim Cook & Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Cleve served as a Sergeant & Tail Gunner on B-17G #42-31441, 360th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Aroostook County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 22, 1942 in Bangor, Maine. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a machine shop and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17G #42-31441 had just taken off from Molesworth/Sta. 107 in England and was assembling into flight formation when they were involved in a mid-air collision with B-17 #42-29747 and crashed at Catworth, Cambridgeshire, England. All twenty airmen aboard both planes were killed.
Cleve was "Killed In Action" in this incident during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 11118382
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17G #42-31441:
Berntzen, Arthur O ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, New York
Brown, Lee E ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, South Carolina
Burkitt, Benajah G ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Florida
Cantrell, Alvin D ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, Arkansas
Foote, Herbert A ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Massachusetts
Gatewood, Philip H ~ S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Kansas
Kuhn, Harold J ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Kansas
Reith, Fred J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, New York
Rush, Cleve C ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, Maine
Stoffregen, William E ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, New York
For Airmen who perished on B-17G #42-29747 see:
Chamberlain, Paul R ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Washington
( Crew Report by: Tim Cook & Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Aroostook County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 22, 1942 in Bangor, Maine. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a machine shop and also as Single, without dependents.
B-17G #42-31441 had just taken off from Molesworth/Sta. 107 in England and was assembling into flight formation when they were involved in a mid-air collision with B-17 #42-29747 and crashed at Catworth, Cambridgeshire, England. All twenty airmen aboard both planes were killed.
Cleve was "Killed In Action" in this incident during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 11118382
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-17G #42-31441:
Berntzen, Arthur O ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, New York
Brown, Lee E ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, South Carolina
Burkitt, Benajah G ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Florida
Cantrell, Alvin D ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, Arkansas
Foote, Herbert A ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, Massachusetts
Gatewood, Philip H ~ S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Kansas
Kuhn, Harold J ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Kansas
Reith, Fred J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, New York
Rush, Cleve C ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, Maine
Stoffregen, William E ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, New York
For Airmen who perished on B-17G #42-29747 see:
Chamberlain, Paul R ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, Washington
( Crew Report by: Tim Cook & Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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