The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

James D Clark

HQ816th

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Army serial number
13167806
Rank
Pfc (8 January 1944), Pfc (12 January 1944), 1LT (24 May 1944), 1LT (14 June 1944)
Hometown
Amherst VA; AMHERST VA
Also written
James Clark
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 13167806); verify another record shares the name Clark, James D (units HQ, 816th, 817th, 817th, HQ, serials 13167806, None, 0467637); may be the same man

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
24 May 1944Air Medal5971LT
24 May 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster5971LT
14 June 1944Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster10301LT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

3 entries, first 8 January 1944, last 12 January 1944; grades seen: Pfc. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 756, roll 461010974 p. 761

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 32 · 18 July 1944
MPPA-12
CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
1.
Your namo Clark, James D.
Rank Capt.
Serial No. 0467637
483rd Gp.
Paul E.
John J.
?. Organization 817th Commander Earton
Rank Co?
Sqn CO Gorman
Rank Capte
(full name)
(full name)
3. What year
19bl,
month July
day 18
did you go down?
4. What was the mission, Bomhing
, target, Memmingen Airdrow
, target
time, 11 AM
,altitude, 23.500 feat
route scheduled, Northesst
nith L.P. at Kempten route flown Slight change due to weather
5. Where were you when you left formation? Over I.P. at Kempten. Germany
6. Did you bail out? Blown Out
7. Did other members of crew bail out?
Yos
8. Tell all you know about when, where, how each person in your aircraft for whom no
individual questionnaire is attached bailed eut. A crew list is attached. Please
give facts. If you don't know, say: "No knowledge". All bailed out over
Kampten, Germany properly as soun as ship was disabled-
9. Where did you aircraft strike the ground? Aparaxirately 5 to 10 miles southoast at
Kempten.
10. What members of your crew were in the aircraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with 8 above and individual questionnaires)
Hone
11. Where were they in aircraft?
12. Whet was their condition?
13. When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
cribed above? Saw praotically all of my orow within a woek or so and all
vore in fairly good shape except Dadson. Somo were injured by 20 mmand two
broke lege on landing.
14. Please give any rimilar information on personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Indicate aource of information. gan members from prestically
all crows so if any specifie information is meeded on any crews shot downa that
day I will help all A catte Ny address is on back of this sheete
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862, AF

National Archives, MACR 7097, page 32 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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