Albert J Clark

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Crew took off on practice mission about 12:50 on 31 October 1944. The weather was 10/10 with haze and icing. The last known whereabouts of B-24 #44-40294, 'Slossie,' was 10 mi NE of Yarmouth. Comment by last eyewitness, 2nd Lieutenant Daniel J. Meehan: 'Ship #294 took off just ahead of me. It went into the undercast and I never saw it again. There were no messages picked up by radio. ' Missing were: Pilot Edward J. Speers, CP William H. Moran, Nav. Robert K. Rouse, Eng. James R. Byars, Radio Op Robert M. Dickey, WGs Albert J. Clark and Robert A. Dittmarr, TG William A. Morris.



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-40294

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Slossie
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

31 October 1944

Born

Maryland

Buried

Other

Killed in Service

English Channel 31 October 1944

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Sources

Birsic, SO#265 12 Oct 44, ABMC, MACR 10160, 2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10160 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database