Clifton Gilbert Clark

Military
media-51778.jpeg UPL 51778 Harold R Van Zyl crew, 406BS, 801BG

Rear L-R: Harold Van Zyl, Clifton Clark, Lawrence Rivkin, William Elkouri.

Front L-R: Udell Olson, Harold Qualls, John Zsadanyi, Henry Hettinger.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 51778 - Harold R Van Zyl crew, 406BS, 801BG Rear L-R: Harold Van Zyl, Clifton Clark, Lawrence Rivkin, William Elkouri. Front L-R: Udell Olson, Harold...

Assigned to 436BS, 801BG, 8AF USAAF. Accident on take-off in B-24 42-63781 'Black Magic' on a training flight 3-Jul-44. 8 RTD





Awards: DFC, AM (7OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

801st Bomb Group

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

People

Abner Pike

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742212
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Pilot

Harold Ralph Van Zyl

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 16066888 / O-665743
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-63781

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Black Magic
  • Unit: 479th Anti-Submarine Group 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

San Antonio, TX 25 June 1922

Died

Fort Worth, TX 5 November 1998

Buried

Laurel Land Memorial Park Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX 8 November 1998 Laurel Land Memorial Park Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

Based

North Pickenham Assigned to 436BS, 801BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82920460/clifton-gilbert-clark

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Sources

801st BG Roster, Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p.26, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 51778 - Harold R Van Zyl crew, 406BS, 801BG Rear L-R...