The only thing that I may offer in connection with 2LT. Luther C. Clark is a statement that was made by the Navigator, 2LT. Willis, to the effect that Lt.Clark bailed out before him and apparently in good condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lt. Willis made this statement shortly after we were taken prisoner – Sept. 3, 1943.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charles F. Bang<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I saw A\/C 42-29789 leave formation just west of the target and beeing attacked west viciously by enemy fighters. Crew members on the ship in which I was flying reported seeing chutes appear from A\/C believed to be 42-29789.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elton D. Jukes Source: MACR 473<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delivered Cheyenne 18\/2\/43; Salina 8\/3\/43; Pueblo 8\/4\/43; Smoky Hill 6\/5\/43; Dow Fd 19\/5\/43; Presque Is 21\/5\/43; Assigned 535BS\/381BG [MS-O] Ridgewell Stone, Joe Mello, Bill Grayson; Missing in Action 4m Romilly 3\/9\/43 with Ben Zum, Navigator: John WillisWounded in Action, Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Bob Italiano, Waist gunner: Frank Crocittio, Waist gunner: Chas Bang,Tail gunner: Ferdinand Christofero (5 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Chas Hoover, Radio Operator: Edwin Myers, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Terry (3 evaded capture), Bombardier: Luther Clark (KIA-chute failed); shot down by enemy aircraft crashed Provine, 18 miles W of Romilly, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 473. BIG TIME OPERATOR.25\/5\/43 with Marvin Lord, George Darrow, Frank Shimek, Tom Hester, Fred Berg, Tom Campbell, Chas Fry, Ken","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"airplane-status":[136],"status-date":[1011],"status-day":[1879],"status-month":[1857],"status-year":[1894],"production-block":[25],"manufacturer":[130],"delivered":[],"project-number":[],"bomb-group":[272],"bomb-squadron":[328],"raf-service":[],"b17tags":[],"class_list":["post-8400","b17database","type-b17database","status-publish","hentry","airplane-status-lost-by-enemy-aircraft","status-date-03-09-1943","status-day-1879","status-month-september","status-year-1894","production-block-b-17f-70-bo-42-29732-42-29831","manufacturer-boeing","bomb-group-381st-bomb-group","bomb-squadron-535th-bomb-squadron"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b17database\/8400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b17database"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/b17database"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"airplane-status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/airplane-status?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"status-date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/status-date?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"status-day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/status-day?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"status-month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/status-month?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"status-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/status-year?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"production-block","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/production-block?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manufacturer?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"delivered","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/delivered?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"project-number","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-number?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"bomb-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bomb-group?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"bomb-squadron","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bomb-squadron?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"raf-service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/raf-service?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"b17tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/b17tags?post=8400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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1st Lt. Air Corps<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n