John Franklin Clark

Military

Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. 35 combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) area support Eindhoven in P-51D 'Louisiana Lady' 42-106454 possibly hit by flak crashed at Heidkamp 23-Sep-44 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9236.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Nowata, OK 74048, USA 5 January 1916

Other

Promotion

Bodney, Thetford IP26 5BX, UK 9 July 1943 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Crashed

Air Base Rd, Walnut Ridge, AR 72476, USA 7 September 1943 Landing Accident Ground Collision Walnut Ridge AAF, AR Cat 5 damage 2Lt John F Clark, 7-Sep-43. BT-13A 41-22949 - 683 BFTS 11 BFTG

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Crashed

Jackson, TN, USA 30 November 1943 Taxiing Accident Jackson, TN Cat 3 damage 2Lt John F Clark, 30-Nov-43. PT-19B 42-83388 - 68FTD AAFCPS

Other

Baled out

Heidkamp, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 23 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) area support Eindhoven in P-51D 'Louisiana Lady' 42-106454 possibly hit by flak crashed at Heidkamp 23-Sep-44 POW MACR 9236.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 23 September 1944 - 29 April 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III, Nurenburg and Stalag Luft VIIa Moosburg.
Shreveport, LA, USA

Based

Bodney 23 September 1944 Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.

Enlisted

Oklahoma City, OK, USA Initially in Coastal artillery.

Other

Transferred to USAAC

Kelly, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA Transferred to USAAC.

Other

Pilot training

3450 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA Flight training class 42I - Primary - Parks Air College St Louis, Missouri

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Pilot training

555 E. Street East, JBSA Randolph, TX 78150, United States Flight training class 42I - Basic - Randolph Field, TX.

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Pilot training

Brooks City Base, San Antonio, TX, USA Flight training class 42I - Advanced - Brooks Field, San Antonio, TX. Graduated 2nd Lt.

Other

Training command

United States Spent nearly 2 years in training command, Meridian, Gulf port, Mississippi, Columbia, Myrtle beach, SC, Burns, OR, Waycross, GA. Flew A-24 Banshee, Vultee V-72, P-39, P-40 and A-36.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9236 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list