Lawton E Clark
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
IWM Collection: MOSELEY, L L and Family
Object Number - UPL 29646 - 2nd Lt. Lawton E Clark , 78th FG
Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) in P-51D 42-26590 dive bombing marshalling yard, failed to pull out of dive exploded on impact Miltenberg 10-Sep-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8692.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15062408
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew chief
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Thoroughbred
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
31 December 1940 | Fort Thomas Newport KY | |
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Died Killed in action |
10 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) in P-51D 42-26590 dive bombing marshalling yard, failed to pull out of dive exploded on impact Miltenberg 10-Sep-44 in P-51D 42-26590. KIA. MACR 8692. | |
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Buried |
Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 8692 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8692 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
