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McCreary Clifford Ned

Name:
Clifford Ned McCreary
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
35128361
Unit:
339th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-06-22
State:
Kentucky
Cemetery:
Middleton Cemetery, Kildav, Kentucky
Plot:
In an unmarked grave next to his parents
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:

Clifford Ned McCreary was born in 1915 in Evarts, Kentucky. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on August 20, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Driver and also as Single, with dependents. He served as a Sergeant and Ball Turret Gunner on the B-17G #42-102552 "Horn's Hornets" aircraft, 339th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

The plane took off from 138 Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, UK on a bombing mission over the oil storage facilities at Gennevilliers, a suburban area of Paris. While the B-17 inflicted major damage upon the target, Paris was surrounded with infamous flak, and two of the twenty-five B-17s were shot down, including the Horn's Hornets. His plane spun down after flak knocked off the entire tail assembly and crashed in the streets of Rue Pajol and Rue Ricquet, Paris. Seven members from his crew were Killed in Action and three were taken as prisoners.

SGT McCreary was machine-gunned while parachuting down Asnières. Seriously injured, he was taken by the Germans to Beaujon hospital in Clichy where he died the next morning. He is now buried in the Middleton Cemetery, Kildav, Kentucky.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, http://francecrashes39-45.net