Hubert Richard Clark
MilitaryRight Waist Gunner. Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532 BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30016 'Iron Gut Gert'. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-2. Prisoner of War at Stalag VIIA & Stalag XVIIB.
Cobden, IL
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18110019
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-738839
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37268722
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31150534
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734915
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Iron Gut Gert
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cobden, IL 62920, USA | 3 November 1912 | |
Enlisted Prisoner of War (POW) |
27 May 1942 | ||
Based Prisoner of War |
Ridgewell | 7 June 1943 - 22 June 1943 | |
Other Prisoner of War |
Stalag VIIA, Moosburg, Austria | 22 June 1943 - 13 October 1943 | |
Other Prisoner of War |
Stalag XVIIB, Krems, Austria | 13 October 1943 | |
Died |
17 February 1990 | ||
Buried |
Lick Creek, IL | Ebeneezer Hall Cemetery |
Revisions
Removed Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
532nd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 134
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave.com
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 134 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database