CARPETBAGGERS Vander Schaaf, Clair Douwe

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Vander Schaaf ​

• FORENAME

Clair Douwe​

• UNIT

406 Bomber Squadron (801 Bomber Group) ​

• RANK

Second Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

0-689700 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

7th May 1944 ​

• AGE

28​

• GRAVESITE

Ardennes American Cemetery, Belgium Plot A Row 41 Grave 1 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Berrien County, Michigan​

born 06.07.1915 Hull, Sioux County, Iowa, USA​

father Lubertus Vander Schaaf (1892-1954)​

mother Josie (nee DeRoos) Vander Schaaf (1893-1975)​

09.05.1940 married Daisy Ellen (nee Lowry) Vander Schaaf (1915-2013)​

son Clair D. Vander Schaaf, Jr.​

employed Clark Equipment Company Plant, Buchanan​

16.10.1940 draft card Lincoln, Sioux County, Iowa​

08.1942 entered service​

navigator​

B-24D 40530​

Next of kin - Wife. Mrs. Daisy L. Vander Schaaf, 404 Ely Street, Allegan, Michigan​

down by flak west of Skjern, Denmark​

award Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters ​

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