Franssen Clarence Martin

Back to Search Result

Clarence Martin Franssen is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

RB-29A 'Overexposed' Memorial

Name:

Clarence Martin Franssen

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

19263748

Unit:

324th Reconnaissance Squadron (VLR) Photo, 91st Reconnaissance Group

Date of Death:

1948-11-03

State:

Idaho

Cemetery:

Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Plot:

Section T, Block 3, Lot 86; Upright marble headstone

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

Clarence Martin Franssen was born on November 8, 1929, in Alberta, Canada. He was a passenger aboard U.S. Air Force RB-29A Superfortress #44-61999. He perished when the reconnaissance-variant bomber, named "Overexposed" collided, in poor visibility weather, with a ridgetop called Higher Shelf Stones, near Glossop, England (approximately midway between Manchester and Sheffield) while on a flight from RAF Scampton to RAF Burtonwood. All 13 aboard were killed.

CPL Franssen is now buried in the Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com