Forrest Stanley Clark
MilitaryPhoto source: Unknown
Photo date: circa 1944
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x E/A kill. Crew of Lt Rockforth Griffith. Our crew was one of the few from the 44th that made a 1-wheel landing at our base. Lt. Griffith got his silver star for that mission.
21-Dec-43 in B-24 42-72878 'Miss Emmy Lou II' while on a combat training mission, all 4 engines cut out. Made a forced landing at Richard's Farm, Bradenham. 4 suffered major injuries. 12 RTD. Richard Butler pilot.
Shot down 13-Apr-44 in B-24 42-100330. Parachuted into Switzerland. Interned until 22-Dec-44, then escaped to France. Discharged 9-Oct-45.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH, 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: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-531343
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Newark, New Jersey, USA | 6 July 1921 | |
Enlisted |
23 October 1942 | ||
Other Interned (INT) |
Switzerland | 13 April 1944 - 22 December 1944 | Shot down 13-Apr-44 in B-24 42-100330. Parachuted into Switzerland. Interned until 22-Dec-44, then escaped to France. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
9 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Kingsport, TN | 24 January 2009 | |
Buried |
Mountain Home National Cemetery Mountain Home, Washington County, TN | 27 January 2009 | Mountain Home National Cemetery Mountain Home, Washington County, Tennessee |
Based |
Shipdham | 22 December 1944 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Find-A-Grave memorial - http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40931856/forrest-stanley-clark
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4045 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 4045 & p232 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION edited by Randy Baumgardner, D790.A2S45, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 376-7, 431-2