Herbert Malcolm Clark | American Air Museum

Herbert Malcolm Clark

Military

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x combat missions. Harry Ahlers crew.

Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

612th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Harry William Ahlers

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12120324 / O-835109
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31891

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The Shape
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

43-38541

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Diabolical Angel
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Philadelphia, PA	25 June 1925	Son of Mildred E Clark.
Enlisted	Philadelphia, PA	14 September 1943	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died		26 April 1996
Buried	Woodbury Memorial Park West Deptford, Gloucester County, NJ	29 April 1996	Woodbury Memorial Park West Deptford, Gloucester County, New Jersey
Based	Deenethorpe		Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date8 Nov 2021 14:37:15

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/541106408
https://www.fold3.com/record/87448448/herbert-m-clark-wwii-army-enlistm…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1380
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78327978/herbert-m-clark

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:54

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1380