Byron Franklin Clark
Military
Rear L-R: Lt's Noel E. Shoup, Walter E. Ulbricht, Byron F. Clark, James Litherland.
Front L-R: Sgt's Harry Conray Ross, William L. Hostetter Jr, Donald Bernard Harrison, Nick Asvestos, Ben W. Bragg, Robert T. Gribble.
Object Number - UPL 40256 - "Lt. Shoup and crew of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Miss Manooki'. England, 20 November...
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 16 x combat missions. On 26-Nov-43 mission to Bremen, B-17 42-5177 'Fast Worker Mk II' was attacked by Me109 and made emergency landing at Attlebridge, Norfolk. RTD.
Shot down by flak and crashed SW of Abbeville, France on a mission to Bois-Coquered, on 28-Feb-44 in B-17 42-5306. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2863.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18075216 / O-672887
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 26 November 1943
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 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Knoxville, TN | 11 June 1921 | Son of Major Luther Wilson and Era G Clark. |
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Enlisted |
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | 16 June 1942 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Bavaria | 28 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VIIa. |
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Died |
Powell, TN | 11 July 1994 | |
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Buried |
Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Knoxville, Knox County, TN | 13 July 1994 | Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee |
| New Orleans, LA |
Revisions
Adjusted punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2863, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 387
