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![Lt. Col. William C Clark, [Richmond VA], 504th Fighter Squadron & Headquarters Unit. P-51D 44-64148 5Q-C](https://www.americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/media/media-12878.jpeg?itok=gVcVu4dm)
Lt. Col. William C Clark, [Richmond VA], 504th Fighter Squadron & Headquarters Unit. P-51D 44-64148 5Q-C "Happy IV"/”Dotty”.
A pilot of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (5Q-C, serial number 44-64148) nicknamed "Happy IV".
![Lt. Col. William C Clark, [Richmond VA], 504th Fighter Squadron & Headquarters Unit. P-51D 44-64148 5Q-C](https://www.americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/media/media-12876.jpeg?itok=3QZRz1PR)
Lt. Col. William C Clark, [Richmond VA], 504th Fighter Squadron & Headquarters Unit. P-51D 44-64148 5Q-C "Happy IV"/”Dotty”.
![Lt. Col. William C Clark, [Richmond VA], 504th Fighter Squadron & Headquarters Unit. P-51D 44-64148 5Q-C](https://www.americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/media/media-12877.jpeg?itok=ZRfXHhkd)
Lt. Col. William C Clark, [Richmond VA], 504th Fighter Squadron & Headquarters Unit. P-51D 44-64148 5Q-C "Happy IV" the name "Dotty" on the canopy rail was for his wife Dorothy and not "Dolly" as has been suggested in certain publications.
Well known photo of a field mass using Lt. Col. William C Clark's P-51D 44-64148 5Q-C "Happy IV" as a backdrop.
Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x kill [Air], 8 x destroyed [Grd]. Completed tour of duty.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Group
In the years before deployment to the UK, the Group had been designated as a Bombardment Group (Dive) and trained in A-24 and A-25 dive-bombers and P-39 Airacobras. When, in April 1944, they joined the Eighth Air Force in Britain though, the pilots...
Squadron
Headquarters
P-51 Mustang
Hit by flak. Last sighted near Coburg, Germany. Last radio contact: Bailing out. MACR 12682.
P-51 Mustang
Military site : airfield
Just as nearby Duxford was known as the 'Duck pond' by American airmen, so Fowlmere was known as 'the Hen Puddle' because of the wet conditions that pervaded the bases during the winter of 1943-1944. The 339th Fighter Group had no choice but to persist...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Richmond, Virginia | 1920 |
| Enlisted | 4409 Llewellyn Ave, Fort Meade, MD 20755, USA | 5 December 1941 |
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Fort George G Meade |
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| Based | Fowlmere | 3 January 1945 – 23 March 1945 |
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Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Based | Fowlmere | 23 March 1945 – 7 September 1945 |
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Transferred to HQ Sqn, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| End Tour of Duty (ETD) | England, UK | 7 September 1945 |
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Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 21 January 2018 11:23:24 | Al_Skiff | Changes to suffix, service number, biography, awards, events and aircraft associations |
| Sources | ||
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=clark&Submit=Search |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 February 2015 16:38:49 | Al_Skiff | Changes to unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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Roger Freeman Photo / http://littlefriends.co.uk / 339th Fighter Group Association. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:27:45 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit History |
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