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==Early Life, Family==
==Early Life, Family==
Clark was born on March 16, 1919, in [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas]], [[Jefferson County, Arkansas]].<ref name="Arkansas">{{cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/media/herbert-v-clark-10448/|title=Herbert V. Clark|publisher=[[Central Arkansas Library System]] |work=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]|accessdate=19 September 2021}}</ref>
Clark was born on March 16, 1919, in [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas]], [[Jefferson County, Arkansas]].<ref name="Arkansas">{{cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/media/herbert-v-clark-10448/|title=Herbert V. Clark|publisher=[[Central Arkansas Library System]] |work=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]|accessdate=19 September 2021}}</ref>

Clark's son, Vann Clark, an electrical engineering Ph.D., worked at [[Boeing |Boeing]] - St. Louis as an low observables engineer on the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle program.<ref name=Warbird>{{cite web|url=http://www.archive.warbirdinformationexchange.org/archives/post23418.html|title=A man who did what he thought was right: Story of Herbert Clark, Tuskegee Airmen|publisher=Warbird Information Exchange|accessdate=19 September 2021}}</ref>


==Military career==
==Military career==
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The [[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]] claims that he was one of the first black pilots to have an aerial victory over a [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]].<ref name="Arkansas"/> However the [[Air Force Historical Research Agency]] has no record of Clark scoring any aerial victories.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/AFD-141118-043.pdf|title=The Legend of the African American Ace|author=Dr. Daniel L. Haulman|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|accessdate=25 October 2021}}</ref>
The [[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]] claims that he was one of the first black pilots to have an aerial victory over a [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]].<ref name="Arkansas"/> However the [[Air Force Historical Research Agency]] has no record of Clark scoring any aerial victories.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/AFD-141118-043.pdf|title=The Legend of the African American Ace|author=Dr. Daniel L. Haulman|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|accessdate=25 October 2021}}</ref>


On August 16, 1944, Clark's aircraft was shot down {{convert|1.5|mi}} north of [[Miane]], [[Italy]], breaking the aircraft's oil line.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tuskegee.edu/Content/Uploads/Tuskegee/files/332dFighterGroupMissingCrew.pdf|title=Table of 332D Fighter Group Reported Fighter Aircraft Losses According To Missing Air Crew Reports February 1944-April 1945|author=Dr. Daniel L. Haulman|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency}}</ref><ref name="Image">{{cite web|url=https://ww2images.blogspot.com/2012/11/pilots-of-tuskegee-airmen-discusses-air.html|title=Pilots of Tuskegee Airmen Discusses Air Action Over Anzio|publisher=World War II Pictures In Details|date=14 November 2012|accessdate=19 September 2021}}</ref> He evaded capture and on 4 May 1945 he returned to Allied lines.<ref name="Image"/>{{unreliable source|date=October 2021}}<ref name=Warbird/>{{unreliable source|date=October 2021}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Caver|first1=Joseph|last2=Ennels|first2=Jerome|last3=Haulman|first3=Daniel|publisher=[[NewSouth Books]]|title=The Tuskegee Airmen: An Illustrated History, 1939-1949|year=2011|isbn=9781588382443|page=178}}</ref>
On August 16, 1944, Clark's aircraft was shot down {{convert|1.5|mi}} north of [[Miane]], [[Italy]], breaking the aircraft's oil line.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tuskegee.edu/Content/Uploads/Tuskegee/files/332dFighterGroupMissingCrew.pdf|title=Table of 332D Fighter Group Reported Fighter Aircraft Losses According To Missing Air Crew Reports February 1944-April 1945|author=Dr. Daniel L. Haulman|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency}}</ref><ref name="Image">{{cite web|url=https://ww2images.blogspot.com/2012/11/pilots-of-tuskegee-airmen-discusses-air.html|title=Pilots of Tuskegee Airmen Discusses Air Action Over Anzio|publisher=World War II Pictures In Details|date=14 November 2012|accessdate=19 September 2021}}</ref> He evaded capture and on 4 May 1945 he returned to Allied lines.<ref name="Image"/>{{unreliable source|date=October 2021}}<ref name=Warbird>{{cite web|url=http://www.archive.warbirdinformationexchange.org/archives/post23418.html|title=A man who did what he thought was right: Story of Herbert Clark, Tuskegee Airmen|publisher=Warbird Information Exchange|accessdate=19 September 2021}}</ref>{{unreliable source|date=October 2021}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Caver|first1=Joseph|last2=Ennels|first2=Jerome|last3=Haulman|first3=Daniel|publisher=[[NewSouth Books]]|title=The Tuskegee Airmen: An Illustrated History, 1939-1949|year=2011|isbn=9781588382443|page=178}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==

Revision as of 00:06, 28 October 2021

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Herbert V. Clark
Herbert V. Clark - 1955
Birth nameHerbert V. Clark
Born(1919-03-16)March 16, 1919
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, US
DiedJanuary 25, 2003(2003-01-25) (aged 83)
Blacksburg, Virginia, US
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service / branch
Years of service1942–1955
RankMajor
Unit332nd Fighter Group
Awards

Herbert Vanallen Clark (March 16, 1919 – January 25, 2003) was a U.S. Army Air Force/U.S. Air Force officer, and combat fighter pilot with the all-African American 332nd Fighter Group, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen. In 1944, Clark's aircraft was shot down over Italy but he survived to rejoin his unit.

Early Life, Family

Clark was born on March 16, 1919, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Jefferson County, Arkansas.[1]

Military career

In 1942, he signed up for the U.S. government's Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP). After completing the CPTP, he entered basic training. Clark attended the Tuskegee Cadet Pilot program, graduating from its Single Engine Section Class SE-42-F on 3 July 1942 and receiving his wings and commission as a 2nd Lieutenant.[2] He was then assigned to the 332rd Fighter Group's 99th Pursuit Squadron.[1] On 5 November 1943 he completed his first combat tour.[3] He was then stationed at Selfridge, Michigan where he became a flight instructor for the 553d Fighter-Bomber Squadron.[4]

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas claims that he was one of the first black pilots to have an aerial victory over a Messerschmitt Bf 109.[1] However the Air Force Historical Research Agency has no record of Clark scoring any aerial victories.[5]

On August 16, 1944, Clark's aircraft was shot down 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Miane, Italy, breaking the aircraft's oil line.[6][7] He evaded capture and on 4 May 1945 he returned to Allied lines.[7][unreliable source?][8][unreliable source?][9]

Awards

Death

Clark died on January 25, 2003, at the age of 83. He was interred at the Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg, Virginia, Montgomery County, Virginia.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Herbert V. Clark". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ^ Horman, Lynn; Reilly, Thomas (2001). Black Knights: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen. Pelican Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 9781455601257.
  3. ^ Stentiford, Barry (2012). Tuskegee Airmen. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, Greenwood Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 9780313386848.
  4. ^ Jean Pearson (2 April 1944). "Fighter and Bombardment Units Readied for Action". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  5. ^ Dr. Daniel L. Haulman. "The Legend of the African American Ace" (PDF). Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. ^ Dr. Daniel L. Haulman. "Table of 332D Fighter Group Reported Fighter Aircraft Losses According To Missing Air Crew Reports February 1944-April 1945" (PDF). Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  7. ^ a b "Pilots of Tuskegee Airmen Discusses Air Action Over Anzio". World War II Pictures In Details. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  8. ^ "A man who did what he thought was right: Story of Herbert Clark, Tuskegee Airmen". Warbird Information Exchange. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  9. ^ Caver, Joseph; Ennels, Jerome; Haulman, Daniel (2011). The Tuskegee Airmen: An Illustrated History, 1939-1949. NewSouth Books. p. 178. ISBN 9781588382443.
  10. ^ "Public Law 109–213—APR. 11, 2006 Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen" (PDF). Congress.gov. US Library of Congress. 11 April 2006. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Westview Cemetery Blacksburg Virginia". Town of Blacksburg, VA. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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