Richard Clement Log

Veteran name – Richard Clement

Service – Army Air, 29-JUL-1940

Interviewer Name – Glenn Gainer

Date of Interview – 16-NOV-07

Location of Interview – Sulphur Springs, TX

Date of Birth – 17-FEB-1920

Place of Birth – Bay City, TX

Length of Interview – Two DVDs – 58 mins and 35 mins.

DVD #1 = 58 mins

Time Mark Notes

2.40 First training after going into the service – 01-JAN-41 to 01-MAY-41
16.0 First mission without me - was shoot down – all were killed
18.20 You are expendable but these airplanes are not
28.0 Enemy news
31.10 First mission – German submarines
32.50 On fire
42.20 No blood
44.20 First mission – air battle
48.20 Last mission
50.40 31 airplanes lost out of 93
53.0 2/3 airplanes lost

DVD #2 = 35 mins

0.30 came home without B17

4.20 new job in service after the war
6.40 01-APR-1953, B36
17.80 out of service and Victoria Jr. College
20.00 How much is $00.25?
 Richard Clement - Summary

Richard Clement was born in Bay City, TX. Their family was very poor and the
$00.25 he made at the grocery story would feed them for a week. He served in the Army
Air Corp in WWII. After the war he remained in the US Air Force until he retired in
1953. He is now 90 years old