Name:
Clayton F. Fitzgerald
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-750781
Unit:
326th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-02-08
State:
Minnesota
Cemetery:
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minneosota
Plot:
15
Row:
Grave:
r2
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
2nd Lt Clayton F. Fitzgerald, co-pilot of the B-17 42-31387, took off from station 109 in Podington, Bedfordshire, UK on a bombing mission over Frankfurt. The plane was shot down by Fw-190s and evacuated around 1040. Either the entire crew was not able to bail out or they did so at too low an altitude for their parachutes to open.