Eugene Louis Clark
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 6036 - Lieutenant Colonel Eugene "Pop" Clark of the 352nd Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang (PE-Z, serial number 42-106459) nicknamed " La...
Lieutenant Colonel 'Pop' Clark served as a pilot with the 352nd Fighter Group.
On 21 May 1944 he was shot down. It was his 94th mission.
He crashed at Hastrup in P-51 42-103316 and was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW). He was liberated in April 1945.
After the war he continued to serve in the Air Force. He completed 2 tours of duty in the Panama Canal zone. He led a group pilots flying over water in F-80 plane from Howard AFB to the Carribean. He served as inspector for the 4th AF in Japan. He retired from the US Air Force as a full colonel.
He continued to fly up to the age of 74.
DFC, PH, SS, AM 3Oak Leaf Cluster, EAME, Victory
4.5 victories
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group Headquarters (352nd Fighter Group)
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: La Riena Peg
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Panama Papacito
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Clairton, Pennsylvania | 11 May 1911 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 21 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Shot down |
Hastrup, 49593 Bersenbrück, Germany | 21 May 1944 | Crashed at Hastrup in P-51 42-103316 and was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Died |
26 January 1987 | ||
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Interred Arlington National Cemetery | ||
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Based |
Bodney | 21 May 1944 | Assigned to HQ Sqn, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121870884/eugene-louis-clark
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
MACR 4988
Brought in information from a duplicate record. Source:
MACR 4988 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Added nickname and place of burial after correspondence with his daughter, Colleen.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / widow MACR 4988
