Hiram Bovee Clark

Military

media-48402.jpeg UPL 48402 1LT Hiram Bovee Clark
Pilot
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF
KIA - 2 Jan 1945

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Object Number - UPL 48402 - 1LT Hiram Bovee Clark Pilot 416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF KIA - 2 Jan 1945

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Units served with

416th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

669th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-9390

Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron

43-9450

Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
Nicknames: Holey Joe
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron

43-9640

Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron

43-9692

Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
Nicknames: Nino
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron

Places

Melun

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Melun, Alsace

Wethersfield

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Craig, Nebraska	10 April 1916
	Far Hills, New Jersey	16 October 1940
Enlisted	Newark, New Jersey	9 January 1942
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission	Poix Airfield, France	3 March 1944
Other Shot Down/Crash Landed	near Caen, France	16 September 1944	Lt. H.B. Clark's plane was hit on the propeller dome causing oil to leak out. The pilot left the formation, feathered the prop, and continued on through flak centered on his plane which was losing altitude on its single engine. When he neared Antwerp, he instructed his gunners to bail out. They did so successfully and returned to the base a day later. Lt. Clark, expecting the plane's one engine to fail soon headed toward the beachhead. When he attempted to land, he discovered that his hydraulic system was out. He crash-landed the plane near Caen, escaping unscathed himself.
Died	Melun, France	2 January 1945	Crashed on take-off and immediately exploded, killing both crew members. Crash was due to frost/ice formation on propeller and wings. The laminar flow airfoil section is extremely sensitive to deformation such as frost formation, thus reducing normal lift. Frost on the propeller also reduced efficiency. Description: On the take-off, two A-26s crashed. Both crashed after the planes had gotten into the air. The bombs from the first plane exploded immediately and the plane burned. Both the pilot, Lt H.B. Clark, and his gunner, Staff Sergeant J.W. Sabadosh, were killed. ... The reasons for the crashes are unknown, although icing of the wings or carburetor might have caused them.
Buried	Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska		Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA Plot F, 0, 1203