William C Clark Jr

Military
media-12878.jpeg UPL 12878 Lt. Col. William C Clark, [Richmond VA], 504th Fighter Squadron & Headquarters Unit. P-51D 44-64148 5Q-C "Happy IV"/”Dotty”.

http://littlefriends.co.uk / 339th Fighter Group Association.

Object Number - UPL 12878 - Lt. Col. William C Clark, [Richmond VA], 504th Fighter Squadron & Headquarters Unit. P-51D 44-64148 5Q-C "Happy IV"/”Dotty”.

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.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-11745

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Happy III
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron

44-64148

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Happy IV
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (339th Fighter Group)

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

4409 Llewellyn Ave, Fort Meade, MD 20755, USA 5 December 1941 Fort George G Meade Maryland

Based

Fowlmere 3 January 1945 - 23 March 1945 Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

Transferred

Fowlmere 23 March 1945 - 7 September 1945 Transferred to HQ Sqn, 339FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK 7 September 1945 Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).

Born

Richmond, Virginia

Revisions

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http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=clark&Submit=Search
https://www.fold3.com/record/86765191-william-c-clark-jr
‘Down to Earth' Strafing Aces of the Eighth Air Force By William N Hess

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Roger Freeman Photo / http://littlefriends.co.uk / 339th Fighter Group Association.

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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

William C Clark: Gallery (5 items)

A pilot of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (5Q-C, serial number 44-64148) nicknamed "Happy IV".

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