Brig Gen Robert V. Clements, USAF (ret)

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Personal Information

First saw light of day, February 6th 1924, in Danville, Illinois. Lived most of my early life in Aspen, Colorado and Tucson, Arizona. Live on the bluffs overlooking the beautiful American River in Carmichael, California.


Professional Information

Retired from the US Airforce where I served as both a fighter pilot and a medic. Pre-Med University of Arizona, major in Chemistry, minor, Life Sciences, 1948. Graduated from UC Medical Center, San Francisco, California in 1952 with a DDS degree, later specializing in Orthodontics . Graduated from Twin Engine (P-38s) Fighter Advanced Training at Williams AFB, Chandler, AZ., 15 April 1944...Class 44-D. One of the proudest days of my life!!

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AIRCRAFT I HAVE FLOWN

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Interests

Flying

Fishing

Investing

Computers

Amateur Radio..My Callsign W6RC

My Favorite Web sites

Perrin Army Air Force Base

Perrin AFB Research Foundation

Pacific Air Forces..Home for A While

Air Force Link..Home for Forty Years

  Air Force Museum..A Great Place to Visit

  Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association

  Visit Here to Locate Amateur Radio Callsign W6RC

  80th Tactical Fighter Squadron..."The HeadHunters"

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Home:
Bob Clements
2100 Boyer Drive
Carmichael, CA
95608-5522
916-485-9681


Then (1944)and Now (2003)

A Trio Of Beautiful, Fantastic, Warbirds

The Putt Putt Maru, was the personal mount of Colonel Chuck MacDonald, CO, 475th FG, United States Army Airforces, Pacific Theatre of Operations. There were five Putt Putt Maru's. The first was a P-47 and the others were all P-38s. The one shown here is a P-38 L5, which is the same model aircraft I flew. The L Model is easily destinguishable by the built in landing light in the left wing .

The four leading P-38aces in the Pacific were:

  1. Major Richard Bong...HQ V Fighter Command....Marge...40 kills... Killed testing F-80s at Lockheed in southern California, August 6th 1945, the day the A-bomb burst over Hiroshima. Top leading U. S. Ace of all Wars. The Ace of Aces.
  2. Major Tom McGuire....431st FS...Pudgy V...38 kills... McGuire AFB named after him. KIA January 7th 1945.
  3. Colonel Chuck MacDonald...HQ 475th FG...Putt Putt Maru....27 kills.
  4. Major J T Robbins...80th FS.....Jandina....22 kills ....Robbins, retired as a Lt General, Vice Commander, Mobility Airlift Command, USAF.

General Robbins was once my instructor at Santa Rosa. One of the finest men I have ever had the pleasure of knowing in my life, and a hell of a poker player...also, a pool shark extrordinaire !!!. The General has now passed on to the Big Ready Room upstairs

Colonel MacDonald was the top scoring P-38 pilot to survive the war.



Lt Bob Clements

Lt Bob Clements, USAAF, December 1944..P-38L with four .50 cal and one 20mm cannon



F16

A F-16 from the 56th Fighter Wing Luke AFB, AZ.
The Mission of the 56th is:
"Train the world's finest F-16 pilots and crew chiefs while providing agile combat support for Aerospace Expeditionary Forces."
Way to Go!!

Election

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Senior Air Force Leadership....Past and Present

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11th Operations Group...11th Wing
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Last Updated by p38bob on 12 January 2008 at 2240

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