THE 456th FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON

THE PROTECTORS OF  S. A. C.

 

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Charles L. McClure

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 0-431647,   Captain


Navigator Crew 7

Graduated University High School, University, Missouri and attended University of Missouri.  Enlisted as Flying Cadet on October 12, 1940 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.  Graduated from navigator training and commissioned as Second Lieutenant on December 5, 1941.  Was injured on Tokyo Raid and hospitalized until June, 1943.  Assigned duties as navigator instructor and again hospitalized from February, 1945 until June, 1945.  Retired for physical disability, June, 1945.  Decorations include Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, and the Chinese Army, Navy, and Air Corps Medal, Class A, 1st Grade.

Born October 4, 1916, St. Louis, Missouri
Died January 19, 1999, Tucson, Arizona

Cremated
Ashes scattered over Tucson, AZ

 

 

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