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Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. A/C hit by flak, baled out, shortly after A/C exploded on impact, the pilot having been ejected, strapped in his armoured flight seat. Prisoner of War (POW). 8-Jul-44. MACR 6625.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bomber pilot | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. Hit by flak, wounded in stomach and unconscious, unable to bale out, shortly after A/C exploded on impact, 1Lt Waters having been ejected, strapped in his armoured flight seat. Killed...
Group
The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth...
Squadron
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. Hit by flak, pilot wounded in stomach and unconscious, crew baled out, shortly later A/C exploded on impact, pilot having been ejected, strapped in his armored flight seat. 2 x EVD, 3...
Military site : airfield
The base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3...
Other location
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| Born | Scott County, MO, USA | 1919 |
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Son of Harry C and Lula Clark. |
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| Enlisted | Missouri, USA | 25 May 1939 |
| Lived in | Missouri, USA | 1941 |
| Based | Andrews Field | 1943 – 8 July 1944 |
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Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Shot down / baled out | 62123 Warlus, France | 8 July 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Amiens. A/C hit by flak, baled out, shortly after A/C exploded on impact, the pilot having been ejected, strapped in his armoured flight seat. POW. 8-Jul-44. MACR 6625. |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Tychowo, Poland | 8 July 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 May 2017 19:01:14 | Al_Skiff | Changes to place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28993151 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 May 2017 19:00:03 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28993151 |
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