Clarence Loebel

Lt Clarence J Loebel`s crew photo of officers just before taking off to fly 459 BG`s Mission No. 191, Feburary 17, 1945 with a Primary target of Graz, Austria but due to weather they bombed Austetten, Austria that day. Several other 459 BG planes were forced to bomb alternate targets that day such as Bruck, Austria and the Plume Shipyard, Italy( now part of the old Yugoslavia ). No aircraft were lost that day on this mission.

Lt Clarence J Loebel was a 757th Bomb Squadron Navigator on Lt Ted Norman`s crew, the officers of this crew being Ted Norman,pilot; Mel Jayloff, co-pilot; Fran Powers, bombardier. This crew frequently flew in a B-24 H, named "Stormy Weather" serial number 41-28984.

Lt Loebel flew 31 Combat Missions, his first on 12-25-44 and his last on 4-26-45, the last mission that the 459th Bomb Group flew in the European War. He received the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the DFC.

See Document 1 to see mission list

See Document 2 to see DFC Award

Lt Clarence Noebel`s Combat Mission Record shows he flew 31 missions with the first mission being # 169 on 12-25-44 and the last 4-26-45, # 242, the last mission the 459 B G flew in WW II

Lt Clarence Loebel`s crew photo prior to 459 BG Mission No 191, February 17, 1945 to Graz, AU but bombed Austetten, AU that day

Mission to Maribor, Yugoslavia M/Y on 2/13/1945

1st Lt. Clarence J Loebel was assigned to the 459th BG 757th Squadron.
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS): Navigator.

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	Rank	General Order	Date	Award
Clarence Loebel	F/O	486	02/03/1945	AM
Clarence Loebel	F/O	1173	03/06/1945	AM/OLC
Clarence Loebel	2nd Lt	2298	04/12/1945	AM/2OLC
Clarence Loebel	1st Lt	2967	05/02/1945	AM/3OLC
Clarence Loebel	2nd Lt	3091	05/07/1945	DFC