8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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William Douglas Clarke
Military
Assigned to 435FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) 10-Dec-44.
Awards: PH.
Service
Units served with
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479th Fighter Group
Group
The 479th was the last Fighter Group to join the Eighth Air Force, which they did on 14 May 1944. Known as "Riddle's Raiders", after their first Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Kyle L. Riddle, the Group flew escort and fighter sweep missions before D-Day.... -
435th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Associated Place
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Wattisham
Military site : airfield
Built in 1938 as a medium bomber station with a grass airfield, Wattisham was occupied by the RAF until handed over to the Eighth Air Force in September 1942. The 68th Observation Group was the first American unit to occupy the station from October to... -
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Berkeley, CA, USA | 24 November 1917 |
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Son of Frank C and Kathryn [McCabe] Clarke. |
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| Based | Wattisham | 1944 – 10 December 1944 |
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Assigned to 435FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Dunkirk, France | 10 December 1944 |
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Killed in Action (KIA) 10-Dec-44. |
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| Buried | Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | 1946 |
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Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 21 January 2018 14:32:48 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/record/529847700-william-d-clarke |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:27:49 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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