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Lawrence D. CLARK
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-727176 | ||||||
| AGE | yo | ||||||
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| ETAT | Seattle WASHINGTON | ||||||
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| RANK | First Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT |  | ||||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | |||||||
| SQUADRON | 336th Bomb Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 95th Bomb Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 29 May 1943 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Off the Pte de Varde - Cne de St-Malo Paramé | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type F-30-VE - s/n 42-5858 ET*L
Macr: 4894 Mission: Rennes Takeoff Station 119 Horham, SUFFOLK Hit by flak and hunters Focke Wulf 190 (Lt Fisher talks about a "terrific explosion" on the plane) Possible collision with 42-29709 Airplane evacuated by parachute - Around 14h15 | ||||||
| CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James | ||||||
| GRAVE |
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| DECORATION |
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-30-VE - s/n 42-5858 ET*L
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| 1st Lieutenant | Lawrence D. CLARK | Pilot | Dead | Cim Brit Am St-James | O-727176 - DFC/PH - Seattle, WASHINGTON |
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| F/Officer | Yngvar S. BERNTZEN | CoPilot | Dead | Cim Brit Am St-James | T-000076 - PH - 22 yo - Son of Therese Berntzen - Brooklyn, NEW YORK |
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| captain | Ray E | LANDRUM | Navigator | Prisoner - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 | O-421395 - Frederick, OKLAHOMA |
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| Lieutenant | Dwight Angus | FISHER | Bomber | escaped | O-724204 - Born the 16/10/1918 - Aurora, ILLINOIS - Gravely burned in the plane - Evasion with Bordeaux / Burgundy networks by the boat Breiz-Izel | |
| T/Sergeant | Carl Hallstaff | UPCHURCH | Mechanic/Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | 34332956 - Cuba, ALABAMA |
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| T/Sergeant | Garland L | TEAGUE | Radio | Prisoner - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 | 39075735 - Healdton, OKLAHOMA |
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| S/Sergeant | Robert L | CARLSON | Gunner | Prisoner | 17064358 - Turlock, CALIFORNIA | |
| S/Sergeant | William W | WOOD | Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia | 37013964 - Marshall, MISSOURI | |
| T/Sergeant | Wilbur Scott | RICE | Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | 17043460 - Troutdale, OREGON | |
| S/Sergeant | Chester J | MAYO | Gunner | Dead | Mount Hope Cem. Lemay, St-Louis Co, Missouri | 37187732 - 27 yo - St-Louis, MISSOURI - Parachute unopened |
| Major | Edgar Boyd | COLE | Observator | escaped | O-362148 - Born the 14/09/1916 - Nyssa, OREGON - Escape by Pyrénées/Espagne/Gibraltar | |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov |
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| PROGRAMMER | Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |