Clark T Dean

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA)



DFC, AM w/ 7 Oak Leaf Cluster, PH

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Units served with

Private First Class Barbara O'Brien of the Womens Army Corps, paints the nose of a B-26 Marauder (YU-Y. serial number 41-34982) nicknamed "Jolly Roger" of the 323rd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publcation 4 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '295589.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'W.A.C.S. on duty at a Bomber Station. Associated Press Photo shows:- Pfc: Barbara O'Brien painting the Jolly Roger on the nose of a Marauder with the crew looking on.'

323rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-31950

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 323rd Bomb Group

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Born

Georgia

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Missing in Action (MIA)

20 May 2044 Capt. Clark was on the Battlin Bitch on a raid over the Dieppe Port. He was presumably in the lead ship in the box formation, given that in said formation, there was only one bombardier. There was heavy flak over the target and the left engine was damaged. The left engine was smoking, but the plane appeared to be under control heading back toward England. Then, the ship was seen to head back toward France, but was loosing altitude. It crashed into the Channel near Dieppe around 1730 (local). No wreckage or bodies were recovered, save that of s/s Hamley, whose body washed ashore in France some time later. The MACR presumed all were KIA.

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9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association) / B-26 memorials guide / Combat Chronology, WW II Memorial website / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia