Hiram Bovee Clark
Military
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UPL 48402
1LT Hiram Bovee Clark
Pilot
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF
KIA - 2 Jan 1945
Pilot
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF
KIA - 2 Jan 1945
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Holey Joe
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Nino
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Melun, Alsace
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Craig, Nebraska | 10 April 1916 | |
Far Hills, New Jersey | 16 October 1940 | ||
Enlisted |
Newark, New Jersey | 9 January 1942 | |
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
Poix Airfield, France | 3 March 1944 | |
Other Shot Down/Crash Landed |
near Caen, France | 16 September 1944 | Lt. H.B. Clark's plane was hit on the propeller dome causing oil to leak out. The pilot left the formation, feathered the prop, and continued on through flak centered on his plane which was losing altitude on its single engine. When he neared Antwerp, he instructed his gunners to bail out. They did so successfully and returned to the base a day later. Lt. Clark, expecting the plane's one engine to fail soon headed toward the beachhead. When he attempted to land, he discovered that his hydraulic system was out. He crash-landed the plane near Caen, escaping unscathed himself. |
Died |
Melun, France | 2 January 1945 | Crashed on take-off and immediately exploded, killing both crew members. Crash was due to frost/ice formation on propeller and wings. The laminar flow airfoil section is extremely sensitive to deformation such as frost formation, thus reducing normal lift. Frost on the propeller also reduced efficiency. Description: On the take-off, two A-26s crashed. Both crashed after the planes had gotten into the air. The bombs from the first plane exploded immediately and the plane burned. Both the pilot, Lt H.B. Clark, and his gunner, Staff Sergeant J.W. Sabadosh, were killed. ... The reasons for the crashes are unknown, although icing of the wings or carburetor might have caused them. |
Buried |
Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska | Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Plot F, 0, 1203 |
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Sources
http://www.416th.com/Memorials/669-ClarkHiram_Memorial.html
https://www.416th.com/missions/LoadingList.html
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44025_04_0…
http://www.416th.com/MACR_AAR/19450102_43-22301_AAR-45-1-2-529_Clark.ht…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/494581/hiram-bovee-clark
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