James Myron Clark

Military

James Clark was Co-Pilot on board of B-17 ≠42-29744 'Battling Bee', shot down 15 May 1943. Plane crash-landed in shallow water near Cuxhaven, Germany. Clark bailed out of aircraft, was captured on land near Altenwalde. Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft III. NARA WWII POW record : "Returned to Military control 20 July 1945."

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Units served with

306th Bomb Group

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

367th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Reuben Ard Carr

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 07002327
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Frank Burr Clemons

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17042780 at enlistment, then O-729813
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

William Joseph Condon

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16037798
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Roy Thomas Fries

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39095792
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Oran Russell Highley

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18069325 at enlistment, then O-732618
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-29744

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Battling Bee
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 57

Date: 15 May 1943

Places

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	14 February 1920	Blue River, Grant County, Wisconsin
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	15 May 1943
Other Re-enlisted	7 May 1946	Richland, Wisconsin
Other Discharged	3 August 1946
Died	11 December 1963
		Richland Center, Richland County, Wisconsin

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NARA WWII POW record
NARA WWII Enlistment record
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)

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WWII Draft card

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MACR 15512

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MACR 15512

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MACR 15512

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15512 / MACR 15512, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey, p. 122, First Over Germany pg. 115 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database