Norman M Clark

Military
media-36975.jpeg UPL 36975 "Major Shumake and Captain Gamble with lead crew on bombing mission to Dijon-Longvic, France, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, England. 6 February 1944."

Rear L-R: Capt Jack B. Fawcett, Maj Glyn F Shumake, Capt Donald Gamble, Capt Norman Nels Jacobsen, 1Lt Hobart H Steely

Front L-R: S/Sgt Francis H Stender, S/Sgt Norvile Vaughn, S/Sgt David L Wilson, T/Sgt Hugh N Bland, S/Sgt Norman M Clark, T/Sgt Richard G Scharch

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Object Number - UPL 36975 - "Major Shumake and Captain Gamble with lead crew on bombing mission to Dijon-Longvic, France, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 358th Bomb...

Shot down by fighters prior to the IP and crashed WSW of Dinant, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 2 Mar 1944 in B-17G 42-97509 'Old Hickory'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2864



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97509

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Hickory
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

17 January 1923

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

2 March 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out POW

2 March 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt am Main in B-17G 42-97509; Shot down POW. MACR 2864

Died

22 November 2002

Buried

27 November 2002 West Millbury Cemetery Millbury, Worcester County, MA

Based

2 March 1944 Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2864 / MACR 2864, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Norman M Clark: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 36975 - "Major Shumake and Captain Gamble with lead crew...

Object number: UPL 36995 - "Lt. Elder and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron...