Paul Clark
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Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-3325 'Paddy Gremlin'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2687.
Earlier 22-Dec-43 in B-17 42-29891 'Dangerous Dan' crashed on return due to engine trouble. 10 RTD.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-409176
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Abilene, Texas, USA | 3 August 1921 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 30 January 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Other Ditched POW |
North Sea | 30 January 1944 | Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-3325 'Paddy Gremlin'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2687 |
Died |
Ridgecrest, CA | 24 December 2001 | |
Buried |
Desert Memorial Park Ridgecrest, Kern County, CA | 27 December 2001 | Desert Memorial Park Ridgecrest, Kern County, California |
Based |
Kimbolton | 30 January 1944 | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2867 / MACR 2867, 8th AF Losses, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, pp. 436-7 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database