About
World War II (1939-1945)
Charles Willard Clancy was born in Archbald, Pennsylvania, on June 6, 1916. By 1934, he was working as an accountant for General Electric and living in the city of Schenectady.
In September 1943, Charles enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. He graduated from aerial gunnery school in Harlingen, Texas and was a second lieutenant. On March 14, 1945, at the Gulfport Army Airfield in Mississippi, Charles and his flight crew were on a bombing training mission when they attempted to land on the runway, but the tail wheel did not extend, resulting in a crash into a warehouse that killed five crew members. He is buried in the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Niskayuna, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry