446 BG / 706 BS
1LT DENNING, CLIFFORD L.From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Killed on an operational mission on 27-4-1944 as bombardier of B-24H / #41-29543 / RT-'H'. Target: a V-site near Blainville. France. Returning to the English coast with two engines out the pilots attempted to land the B-24 at the RAF emergency airfield Manston in Kent. However, the aircraft exploded in mid-air and crashed near Cliftonville, east of Margate, Kent, UK. 8 KOM / 2 RTD (these two managed to bale out before the aircraft exploded).1Lt Denning is buried at Cambridge Cemetery, C-6-12.Source of the portrait photograph: Pilot Class Book 43-G, Gibbs Field, Fort Stockton, Texas. Courtesy of my Fields of Honor Database colleague Corrina who indexed this class book.
Entered the service from Oklahoma.
1LT DENNING, CLIFFORD L.From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Killed on an operational mission on 27-4-1944 as bombardier of B-24H / #41-29543 / RT-'H'. Target: a V-site near Blainville. France. Returning to the English coast with two engines out the pilots attempted to land the B-24 at the RAF emergency airfield Manston in Kent. However, the aircraft exploded in mid-air and crashed near Cliftonville, east of Margate, Kent, UK. 8 KOM / 2 RTD (these two managed to bale out before the aircraft exploded).1Lt Denning is buried at Cambridge Cemetery, C-6-12.Source of the portrait photograph: Pilot Class Book 43-G, Gibbs Field, Fort Stockton, Texas. Courtesy of my Fields of Honor Database colleague Corrina who indexed this class book.
Entered the service from Oklahoma.
446 BG / 706 BS
1LT DENNING, CLIFFORD L.From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Killed on an operational mission on 27-4-1944 as bombardier of B-24H / #41-29543 / RT-'H'. Target: a V-site near Blainville. France. Returning to the English coast with two engines out the pilots attempted to land the B-24 at the RAF emergency airfield Manston in Kent. However, the aircraft exploded in mid-air and crashed near Cliftonville, east of Margate, Kent, UK. 8 KOM / 2 RTD (these two managed to bale out before the aircraft exploded).1Lt Denning is buried at Cambridge Cemetery, C-6-12.Source of the portrait photograph: Pilot Class Book 43-G, Gibbs Field, Fort Stockton, Texas. Courtesy of my Fields of Honor Database colleague Corrina who indexed this class book.
Entered the service from Oklahoma.
1LT DENNING, CLIFFORD L.From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Killed on an operational mission on 27-4-1944 as bombardier of B-24H / #41-29543 / RT-'H'. Target: a V-site near Blainville. France. Returning to the English coast with two engines out the pilots attempted to land the B-24 at the RAF emergency airfield Manston in Kent. However, the aircraft exploded in mid-air and crashed near Cliftonville, east of Margate, Kent, UK. 8 KOM / 2 RTD (these two managed to bale out before the aircraft exploded).1Lt Denning is buried at Cambridge Cemetery, C-6-12.Source of the portrait photograph: Pilot Class Book 43-G, Gibbs Field, Fort Stockton, Texas. Courtesy of my Fields of Honor Database colleague Corrina who indexed this class book.
Entered the service from Oklahoma.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
