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Born: 10-Apr-1916, Craig, Burt County, Nebraska
Entered Military Service: Date: 9-Jan-1942 At: Newark, NJ From: Burt County, Nebraska
NARA Enlistment Record: Enlisted Serial # 12049976
Buried: Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska, Plot: F, 0, 1203
On-line Memorials:
National World War II Registry
Find-A-Grave (1)
Find-A-Grave (2)
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See also 1Lt Hiram Bovee Clark Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
(Courtesy of Geoff Gentilini, Golden Arrow Research, LLC)
Disclaimer: IDPF files document efforts to locate, identify, move, notify relatives and provide final resting for Soldier Dead,
often months or years after death, thus some pages may contain potentially disturbing or distressing information.
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Notes:
Crashed on take-off and immediately exploded, killing both crew members. Crash was due to frost/ice formation on propeller and wings. The laminar flow airfoil section is extremely sensitive to deformation such as frost formation, thus reducing normal lift. Frost on the propeller also reduced efficiency.
Description:
On the take-off, two A-26s crashed. Both crashed after the planes had gotten into the air. The bombs from the first plane exploded immediately and the plane burned. Both the pilot, Lt H.B. Clark, and his gunner, Staff Sergeant J.W. Sabadosh, were killed. ... The reasons for the crashes are unknown, although icing of the wings or carburetor might have caused them.
(416th BG History 1945)
See also AAR 45-1-2-529 and Mission # 181
Photos and Documents
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1920 US Census
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1930 US Census
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1940 US Census
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Flight School Graduation
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Flight School Graduation
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Letter
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Letter
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Letter
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Portrait
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Portrait
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Sunday, August 13, 1944, Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), Page 12
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Beatrice Daily Sun (Beatrice, Nebraska) 01 Mar 1945, Thu Page 8
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Interment Control Form
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Interment Control Form
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Headstone Memorial
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Headstone Memorial
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Headstone Memorial
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WW II Army and Army Air Force Casualty List
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National World War II Memorial Registry
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Source information can be viewed at WWII Military Service Fatalities Sources
