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358th E.E. Clark Crew Elmo E. Clark, Pilot |
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ELMO E. CLARK CREW - 358th BS
B-17F #42-29571 Charley Horse (358BS) VK-L
(pilot assigned 358BS: 08 Apr 1943 - photo: 20 July 1943)
(Upgraded from Co Pilot, John V. Lemmon crew, to Pilot: 24 July 1944)
(Back L-R) F/O Elmo E. Clark (P)(1); Lt Donald F. DeCamp (CP)(2);
Lt Robert E. Galbraith (B); Lt Ralph M. Haddock (N)
(Front L-R)
S/Sgt Charles R. Doback (WG)(4);
S/Sgt William T. Hembree (E);
S/Sgt Richard J. Tracy (WG);
S/Sgt Frank M. Matthews (TG);
S/Sgt Curtis O. Brooke (R)(3);
S/Sgt William H. Jenkins (TG)(4)
F/O Elmo Clark and his Crew exit B-17F #42-29571 Charley Horse following the 6 September 1943 Stuttgart mission.
- Clark (P) - Became CoPilot on the Lt
John V. Lemmon Crew on 17 April 1943 Mission #31 [See 358th BS Lemmon crew]. Upgraded to Pilot. First mission as Pilot on 24 July 1943 mission #52. Completed his 25 mission combat tour on 09 September 1943. Flew on 15 missions as CoPilot and 10 as 1st Pilot.
- DeCamp (CP) Was upgraded from CoPilot to Pilot and took over the F/O Clark crew when F/O Clark completed his combat tour. First mission as crew Pilot was on 16 September 1943 mission #70.
- Brooke (R) - Became a POW on 19 August 1943 mission #61 to Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands in B-17F #42-3192 (358BS) VK-G while flying as Radio Operator with the 358BS 1Lt J.S. Nix crew.
- Doback (WG) & Jenkins (TG) - Sixth and last combat mission was on 24 August 1943. Transferred out of the 358th BS on 22 February 1945.
[Researched by 303rdBGA Historian Harry D. Gobrecht]