George Forrest Clark
Military
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.
Object Number - UPL 30725 - Staff Sergeant George Forrest Clark, Tail Gunner, 389th Bomb Group.
George went to college at Ames before enlisting 10 September 1942, trained as a gunner and joined the 389thBG at Hethel in England. On his 19th mission they were shot down by flak and crashed near St Lo on 7/25/44 in B-24 42-50478 'Miss Shirley'. Bailed out and captured right after but was able to escape some two weeks later from a moving train and hid out on a French farm until US forces arrived.
He went back to the family farm, married and had four children.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Evaded capture |
France | 25 July 1944 | |
|
Died |
16 August 1978 | ||
|
Born |
Ames, IA, USA |
Revisions
Correction to biographical details from "Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8162 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Unit History/MACR 8162/son & p232 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION edited by Randy Baumgardner, D790.A2S45
