Stanley A Clark

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA). B-17G A/C #42-97561. During practice bombing mission fire developed in the cockpit. Six of the nine-man crew successfully bailed out. The pilot received fatal injuries when he unsuccessfully attempted to bailout. The pilot and engineer remained in the aircraft and received fatal injuries on ground impact.

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Police examine the wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group that has crashed in Felixstowe. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Police / 100BG Felixstowe.' Second handwritten caption: ' 100BG. Hansard Fort - Felixstowe.'

42-97561

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bachelor's Heaven
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron

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Died

7 November 1944

Revisions

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Added S/N & Rank per info on fold3.com.

https://www.fold3.com/memorial/529899045/stanley-a-clark/facts

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Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.

Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.

Added some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability

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Combat Chronology, Unit Website / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia