Claude H. Ifner

The Man Behind the Name

§ Biography

2nd Lt. Claude H. Ifner served as co-pilot aboard 41-24121 on the August 1, 1943, Ploesti mission. He had completed 12 missions. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs. Fannie D. King, of Huntington Hills, Pennsylvania.

Ifner did not bail out and was killed in the mid-air collision. His individual casualty questionnaire recorded he was probably killed in the collision. He was among those in the cockpit when the aircraft struck the ground in the Bulgarian mountains. Note: the name appears variously in documents as "Isher," "Izbor," and "Jaher" due to OCR errors; serial 0-736224 identifies him as Ifner.

Service record.

§ As Catalogued

Rank

2nd Lieutenant

Position

Co-Pilot

Serial Number

O-736224

Hometown

Huntington Hills, PA

Missions flown.

3 catalogued · 01 Aug 1943 — 01 Aug 1943

The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

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Date

Target

Aircraft

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3 documents

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Supports 7 facts

Missing Air Crew Report 462

Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Missing Air Crew Reports

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Supports 6 facts

Escape and Evasion Report 2444

Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Escape and Evasion Reports

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Supports 4 facts

Escape and Evasion Report 2451

Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Escape and Evasion Reports

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