Clark T Dean
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA)
DFC, AM w/ 7 Oak Leaf Cluster, PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Georgia | ||
Other Missing in Action (MIA) |
20 May 2044 | Capt. Clark was on the Battlin Bitch on a raid over the Dieppe Port. He was presumably in the lead ship in the box formation, given that in said formation, there was only one bombardier. There was heavy flak over the target and the left engine was damaged. The left engine was smoking, but the plane appeared to be under control heading back toward England. Then, the ship was seen to head back toward France, but was loosing altitude. It crashed into the Channel near Dieppe around 1730 (local). No wreckage or bodies were recovered, save that of s/s Hamley, whose body washed ashore in France some time later. The MACR presumed all were KIA. |
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Sources
9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association) / B-26 memorials guide / Combat Chronology, WW II Memorial website / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia