Ivan Clark Jr.          Photo: AS 25 MAY 2015   Updated:  18 JUN 2015

Airman: e556029.htm Surname: Clark Jr. Init: I Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 561

P_link: p248.htm Plane: B17 4231084 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d201243 Buried_d: e556a C_link: e556a.htm At_Next: Ardennes, BELGIUM

"Under et bombetogt den 20. december 1943 med Bremen som mål så man fra formationen
kl. 12.12, at et B-17 fly sakkede bagud med kroppen i flammer.

Flyets bombekaster, T.L. Toolin, drev i land som lig ved Emmerlev Klev (måske omkring her,
overblik her) og blev den 21. juli 1944 begravet på kirkegården (i Højer) af værnemagten uden
gejstlig medvirken. Resten af besætningen, 9 mand, synes at være omkommet." (FAF)

Staff Sergeant Ivan Clark Jr. var Right Waist Gunner på B17 42-31084. (Kilde: AOD)
Han blev begravet på Ardennes American Cemetery Plot C Row 14 Grave 3. Han kom i tjeneste
fra Virginia. Hæderstegn: Distinguished Flying Cross,  Air Medal med 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

1 flyver fra B17 42-31084 blev begravet i Højer i Danmark. 2 er nu begravet i Belgien og 2 i USA.
5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

Se tegning af besætningen på en B-17, Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt
B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner. 10 flyvere.

"During a bombing raid targeting Bremen on 20 December, 1943 a B-17 was seen from the formation falling behind with the fuselage in flames.

The body of bombardier T.L. Toolin was washed ashore at Emmerlev Klev (maybe about here,
overview here). On 21 July 1944 he was buried in the cemetery (in Højer) by the Wehrmacht
without ecclesiastical assistance. The rest of the crew, 9 men, appear to have perished." (FAF)

Staff Sergeant Ivan Clark Jr. was the Right Waist Gunner of B17 42-31084. (Source: AOD)
He was buried at Ardennes American Cemetery Plot C Row 14 Grave 3.
He entered the Service from Virginia. Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross,  Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. (Source: ABMC)

1 airman from  B17 42-31084 was buried in Højer, Denmark. Now 2 are buried in BELGIUM and 2 in the USA. 5 airmen have no known grave.
See a drawing of the crew of a B-17, Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk and B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.
B17 42-31084 was from 561 BS, 388th Bomb Group, 45 CBW and 3 BD. This B-17 Flying Fortress took off from RAF Knettishall - USAAF Station 136.
See also 388th Bombardment Group Association. 10 airmen.