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Personal info

Full name
CLARK, Roderick Cameron
Date of birth
10 December 1919
Age
23
Place of birth
Portland, Clackamas County, Oregon
Hometown
Mendocino, Mendocino County, California

Military service

Service number
19065103
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
368th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 April 1943
Place of death
North Sea, north of Bremen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Robert C. Clark (father)
Maude P. (Bartlett) Clark (mother)
Lawrence G. Clark (brother)
James H. Clark (brother)
Pauline Clark (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3034
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Bodacious Critter
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Focke Wulf aviation industry plant
MACR: 15518

More information

S/Sgt Roderick C. Clark graduated from Ukiah High School in 1940 where he was on several sports teams: basketball, golf and track. He also attended Santa Rosa Junior College and worked in a bakery.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in San Francisco, California on 7 January 1942.

The aircraft is believed to have turned back toward the enemy coast at 54 deg 10 min N - 06 deg 40 min E, and is believed to have crashed into the sea.

The entire crew of 10 was killed. Nine are remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten, one, William R. Payne, is remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Cambridge.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com, www.8thairforce.com, 1920 Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Ukiah High School, 1940