Serviceman

Clifford W Rackley

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Army serial number

0764786

Rank

2LT (29 August 1944)

Hometown

New York NY; Tifton, GA

Also written

Clifford Rackley

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 189

Sources

483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

• Clifford W. Rackley Crew, pilot · 817th

Missions placed on him

• mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · The Clifford W. Rackley crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 189)
• mission 52, 21 July 1944 · Brux · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Brux: one of 4 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 53, 22 July 1944 · Ploesti · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Ploesti: one of 6 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 57, 27 July 1944 · Budapest, Csepel · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Budapest, Csepel: one of 5 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 58, 28 July 1944 · Ploesti · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Ploesti: one of 6 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 59, 30 July 1944 · Budapest, Tököl · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Budapest, Tököl: one of 5 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 60, 31 July 1944 · Ploesti · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Ploesti: one of 6 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 65, 10 August 1944 · Ploesti · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Ploesti: one of 6 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 71, 18 August 1944 · Ploesti · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Ploesti: one of 6 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 72, 19 August 1944 · Ploesti · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Ploesti: one of 6 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 73, 20 August 1944 · Oświęcim (Monowitz) · The Clifford W. Rackley crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 189)
• mission 85, 4 September 1944 · Genoa · The Clifford W. Rackley crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 189)
• mission 86, 5 September 1944 · Budapest, bridge · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Budapest, bridge: one of 5 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 88, 8 September 1944 · Sarajevo · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Sarajevo: one of 4 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 93, 17 September 1944 · Budapest, Rákos · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Budapest, Rákos: one of 5 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 95, 20 September 1944 · Budapest, bridge · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Budapest, bridge: one of 5 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 98, 23 September 1944 · Brux · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Brux: one of 4 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 111, 20 October 1944 · Brux · The Clifford W. Rackley crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 189)
• mission 117, 4 November 1944 · Regensburg · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Regensburg: one of 2 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 140, 20 December 1944 · Salzburg · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Salzburg: one of 2 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 141, 25 December 1944 · Brux · The Clifford W. Rackley crew's history names Brux: one of 4 missions there in its time (p. 189)
• mission 143, 27 December 1944 · Wiener Neustadt · The Clifford W. Rackley crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 189)

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

1 entry, first 17 September 1944, last 17 September 1944. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

• 1944-09-17 817th: 2Lt

National Archives pages: roll 570165454 p. 482

Death notice

Listed in the Association's TAPS column, newsletter 201806, page 2: 1/28/2018, reported by Guy Venier.

Photographs naming him

• Newsletter 201806, page 2 photograph (2 scans) · view at 15thaf.org

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Statements, mentions and histories

2018 GUY VENIER (OBIT) PIERCE, JAMES B 817 3/17/2017 GUY VENIER (OBIT) PRITCHETT, THOMAS 816 1/7/2018 GUY VENIER (OBIT) RACKLEY, CLIFFORD W 817 1/28/2018 GUY VENIER (OBIT) ROSS, JAMES 816 3/11/2004 GUY VENIER (OBIT) SOLOW, ROBERT I 815 2/5/2017 GUY VENIER (OBIT) SZAFRANSKI, JOSEPH E 815 4/29/2016