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Charles R Clark

Military

Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x Fw190. EOW.

Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 56th Fighter Group.

56th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

The insignia of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.

63rd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

44-20722

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

44-21163

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

Missions

The nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95865) nicknamed "Sky Hag" of the 391st Bomb Group.

757

Date: 23 December 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Boxted airfield, looking south west, the ammunition dump and bomb dump are at the bottom of the image, 18 April 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/215. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Boxted

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Based	Boxted	1 November 1944	Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.
Other E/A Destroyed	Koblenz, Germany	23 December 1944	Fw190 destroyed NW Koblenz 23-Dec-44. P-47 44-20722.
Other Promotion	Boxted, Colchester, UK	13 March 1945	Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Other End of War	Europe

Revisions

Date16 Jan 2018 13:37:03

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Clark&Submit=Sea…
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/p-47/er/56-clark-23dec44.jpg

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:53

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm