James B Clark
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24526 'Leaping Liz' while serving as Pilot. Aircraft crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Participated in 4 Operations - 1 Abort (see Biography)
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Leapin Liz
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Mission #1 1LT James B. Clark w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24526 "Leapin Liz", 303BG/353BS on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France (RTB OK) |
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Other Mission #2 1LT James B. Clark w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/359BS Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24526 "Leapin Liz", 303BG/353BS. Mission was to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but he aborted the mission with mechanical failures. (RTB OK) |
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Other Mission #3 1LT James B. Clark w/ B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24526 "Leapin Liz", 303BG/353BS. Mission was to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France (RTB OK). |
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Other Mission #4 1LT James B. Clark w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS KIA |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24526 "Leapin Liz", 303BG/353BS. Mission was to bomb the torpedo storage areas at St. Nazaire, France. (KIA) |
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Born |
Washington, District of Columbia, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the sea near the target. His remains have never been recovered. |
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 9-Aug-43. Made connections to Missions from 303BG website Mission Reports, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/
Lee Cunningham 9-Aug-2015. Added Missions #1 thru #4 per 303BG website Mission Reports, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 7650; added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; added crew position and made minor edits to biography.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7650 / MACR 7650, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 60 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database