Clifford Quincy Morton (1918 - 1945)

Born 9 Oct 1918 in Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Feb 1945 at age 26 in Japan

Biography

Clifford Quincy Morton was born on October 9, 1918 to Pete Morton and Nomah Turner in Oklahoma.

He served the United States Army during World War II. He enlisted on October 5, 1943 as a Private. He was the radar operator aboard a B-29 Superfortress nicknamed "Sassy Lassy". ^[1]

"Sassy Lassy"

He died, at the age of 26, on February 10, 1945 in the South Pacific sea after the Tokyo raid during World War II. Clifford Quincy Morton and 3 others were killed when their plane ditched in the pacific. He was a member of the 505th Group, 484th wing. 84-15. Clifford was the radar operator aboard a B-29 Superfortress nicknamed "Sassy Lassy" while she partook, on her last mission, in a bombardment of the Nakajima Aircraft Factory in Ota, Japan.

His body was lost at sea but he has a memorial on Find A Grave.^[2]

Newspaper Article.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMNC-Q78 : 5 December 2014), Clifford Q Morton, enlisted 05 Oct 1943, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202829903/clifford-quincy-morton : accessed 02 December 2021), memorial page for Clifford Quincy Morton (9 Oct 1918–10 Feb 1945), Find A Grave: Memorial #202829903, citing Red Hill Cemetery, Hammon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Larry Anthes (contributor 49324248) .

See Also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KC2K-CSG
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1D-VCD : 28 September 2021), Clifford J Morton in entry for Peter J Morton, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC4X-XJB : accessed 2 December 2021), Clifford Q Morton in household of Peter J Morton, Kiowa, Roger Mills, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 7A, line 28, family 133, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1929; FHL microfilm 2,341,663.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBKJ-2ZV : 5 January 2021), Clifford R Morton in household of Herbert J Morton, Kiowa Township, Roger Mills, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-13, sheet 6B, line 60, family 117, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3329.