John Franklin Clark
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
Places
- 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 |
Other 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 | |
Other Pilot training |
555 E. Street East, JBSA Randolph, TX 78150, United States | Flight training class 42I - Basic - Randolph Field, TX. | |
Other 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. |
Revisions
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P-51 Mustang By Gardner N. Hatch, Winter Frank H.
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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