Robert Lee Clink
MilitaryRobert Clink was Ball Turret gunner on B-17F #42-3029 "Wallaroo", shot down by Flak on mission to V-weapons site at Le Meillard, France on 14 January 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34393652
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18014955 at enlistment, then O-421102
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11021371
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Photographer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13107303
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18013320 at enlistment, then O-676182
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Le Raysville, Bradford County, Pennsylvania | 15 February 1921 | |
Enlisted |
16 October 1942 | Altoona, Pennsylvania | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
14 January 1944 | Interned Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow/Tychow, Poland. Returned to military control (RMC) 13 June 1945." | |
Died |
8 January 1990 | Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania | |
Snow Shoe, Centre County, Pennsylvania | |||
Buried |
Robert Clink rests at the Askey Cemetery in Moshannon, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorED-BB
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NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1965 / MACR 1965, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database