James Clark

James Clark in his P-47

James Clark's Medals


AIRCRAFT	SERIAL NUMBER	CALL LETTERS	DATES ASSIGNED	DESCRIPTION	DISPOSITION
Spitfire MkVb	BM293	71ES->XR-W, 334->AV-L	11/42-4/1/43	Unk	Transferred 4/1/43

P-47C	41-6195	QP-W	1/16/43-4/4/43	Unk	Unk
P-47C	41-6413	QP-W	Fall '43	Unk	Unk

P-51B	43-6560	QP-W	3/44-5/29/44	Olive drab and grey, Malcolm hood, 14 1/2 kill swastikas, black and white outlined rows of 7 & 7 1/2, red outlined codes	MIA 5/29/44 while flown by F. Speer

42-106650	QP-W	6/7/44-7/2/44	Natural metal finish	MIA 7/2/44 while flown by T. Sharp

P-51D	44-13372	QP-W	8/11/44-?	16 kills on left canopy	Unk

September 15, 1942, joins 4th Fighter Group
May 22, 1943, Squadron Operations Officer
June 2, 1944, "C" Flight CO
July 11, 1943, "B" Flight CO
September 10, 1943, "A" Flight CO
March 1, 1944, 334th Squadron CO
March 15, 1944, transferred to Headquarters Squadron
March 15, 1944, Group Operations Officer
September 7, 1944, Acting 4th Group and Station CO in absence of Col. Blakeslee
September 15, 1944, transferred to Assistant Military Attache for Air, U.S. Embassy, London

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Date	Enemy A/C	Air/Ground	Place	Number
10/2/42	FW-190	Air	Calais-Dunkirk, France	0.5
8/12/43	FW-190	Air	Unk	1
8/16/43	FW-190	Air	10 mi north of Paris, Fr.	2
10/8/43	Me-109	Air	Meppel-Zwolle area, Neth.	1
3/8/44	Me-109	Air	south of Berlin, Ger.	1
3/21/44	FW-190	Air	Bordeaux & Landes De Bassac A/D, Fr.	1
3/21/44	FW-190	Ground	Bordeaux & Landes De Bassac A/D, Fr.	1
3/23/44	FW-190	Air	s/e of Steinhuder Lake, Ger.	1
3/27/44	Ju-88	Ground	Cazaux A/D, Fr.	1.5
3/29/44	FW-190	Air	Magdeburg area, Ger.	1
6/20/44	Me-410	Air	Stettin area, Ger.	1