page_title: Clayton Kelly Gross
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Clayton Kelly Gross / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: P-51B-1-NA Mustang Serial 43-12408 of the 355th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, RAF Boxted, England, (World War II).
context_page_description: CPT Clayton Kelly Gross from Walla Walla, Washington is a Army Air Forces World War II Ace who shot down 6 enemy planes over Europe. Gross also flew planes in the D-Day invasion of Normany, France both on November 5, and November 6, 1944. He was a recipient of the American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Silver Star. He flew in 105 combat missions during WWII.
context_section_description: In 1941 Clayton Kelly Gross was a 20 year old Aviation Cadet with the Army Air Forces. He received his Commission and the rank of Captain, and in 1942, he was flying a P-47 Thunderbolt and fighting arial battles in the European Theater of World War II.
  In 1943 Gross was assigned to the 354th Fighter Group and began flying P-51 Mustangs. He became an ace with six confirmed aerial kills, including a jet-powered Me 262.
caption: Photo of a WWWII P-51 from the 354th Fighter Group
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