Hubert Richard Clark

Military

Right Waist Gunner. Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532 BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30016 'Iron Gut Gert'. Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-2. Prisoner of War at Stalag VIIA & Stalag XVIIB.

Cobden, IL

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18110019
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-738839
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37268722
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31150534
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734915
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Iron Gut Gert
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cobden, IL 62920, USA 3 November 1912

Enlisted

Prisoner of War (POW)

27 May 1942

Based

Prisoner of War

Ridgewell 7 June 1943 - 22 June 1943

Other

Prisoner of War

Stalag VIIA, Moosburg, Austria 22 June 1943 - 13 October 1943

Other

Prisoner of War

Stalag XVIIB, Krems, Austria 13 October 1943

Died

17 February 1990

Buried

Lick Creek, IL Ebeneezer Hall Cemetery

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381st BGMA
532nd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 134
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave.com
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 134 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database