William Coombs Clark
Military
Roger Freeman Photo.
Object Number - FRE 5987 - Lieutenant Colonel William C Clark of the 339th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang (5Q-C, serial number 44-64148) nicknamed "Happy IV"....
He flew on Robert Kimball crew. Reported to the ETO on 05 Feb 1945.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
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Places
- Site type: Airfield
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The image shown is my father William Coombs Clark. He flew the Happy I, II, III and IV. He remained stateside in the early part of the was training pilots. In 1944 he was transferred to Fowlmere, England as a fighter pilot in the 505th (339th FG) and then became the Squadron Commander in early 1945 through the end of the war. He was born in Maine, October 20, 1916 and died October 8, 1988. He had a 33 yr. career in the Air Force and retired in June 1968.
306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pictures%2072dpi/T_Kimball%2072%20dpi.jpg / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
