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CLARK, Peter James Arthur Frank

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rank: Sgt
status: pow
airforce: RAF    (no: 1801114 )
born: 1921-03-01 United Kingdom

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CLARK, Peter James Arthur Frank, Sgt RAF 1801114.

73 Sqn, August - September 1944 Canne (Italy) Spitfire Mk. IX F MJ116

Peter Clark was taken Pow after 18. September 1944 after bailing out his Spitfire Mk. IX F MJ116, Ljubljana. Camps Dulag Luft - Stalag Luft IV. Repatriated 1945.

Born: 1 March 1923, Registration District: Croydon. Father: James Clark ; Mother: Beatrice Clark née Jones. Enlisted: Euston; after December 1941

Researcher (archaeological team which excavated MJ116) seeks contact with the Clark family.

Dr Andrej Gaspari, University of Ljubljana: Andrej.Gaspari AT ff.uni-lj.si

Squadrons:

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AirforceSqdrnDate
RAF 73 squadron 1944-08-01

Aircraft:

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SerialNoteDate
JK450 Sector recce 1944-06-27
JK450 Sector recce 1944-06-27
Sector recce 1944-06-28
EF533 Local flying 1944-06-29
EF533 Local flying 1944-06-29
ER666 Target Seibel ferry bombs near misses. 1944-06-30
ER666 Seibel ferry off Lumbarda one hit è near misses 1944-06-30
EP579 From Foggia to Canne 1944-07-01
MA291 To Vis to refuel 1944-07-03
MA291 Sweep at Ljubis attacked M.T a flamer. 1944-07-04
Pratice flying & formation 1944-07-05
JK278 Bombed Karlobag two bombs on target 6 outside town 1944-07-07
JK278 Bombed Karlobag two bombs on target 6 outside town 1944-07-07
ES192 Sweep Banjaluka, Bos, Novi, Bihac areas no targets 1944-07-11
MA291 Base to Vis 1944-07-13
MA291 Sweep all roads to Knin no activity 1944-07-13
JG871 Vis to base 1944-07-14
EP309 Cannon test 1944-07-18
MA311 Scrambled vector 060º then ordered to return 1944-07-18
EP309 Cannon test 1944-07-18
MA693 Local flying 1944-07-19
ER178 Escort Hurricanes to and from target 6 squadron 1944-07-25
JK450 Sector recce 1944-07-27
JK278 Sweep from Vis then return Canne 1944-07-28
MA708 Base to Vis 1944-07-29
MA708 Dusk patrol of Lagosta 1944-07-29
MA708 Escort to two M.T.B's and 3 H.S.L's from Korcula to Vis 1944-07-30
JF560 Patrol of Vis 1944-07-30
From base to Vis 1944-08-01
MA708 Base to Vis 1944-08-01
MH607 Patrol of Lagos from Vis 1944-08-02
MH607 Patrol of Vis 1944-08-03
MH607 Patrol of Lagosta from Vis 1944-08-04
MH607 From Vis on patrol of island 1944-08-06
MH607 From Vis patrol of island 1944-08-07
MH607 Patrol of Vis at A.23 W/O Potvinsighted 2 m.e109's- both destroyed and confirmed 1944-08-08
MH607 From Vis to base 1944-08-09
JK803 Shipping recce from base (Canne) sighted 6 M.V's without excort. Section climbed and gave fix 1944-08-21
JK177 From base in search of Liberator crew near Rodi. Nothing seen 1944-08-22
MH602 Patrol of Bissevo island from Vis 1944-08-22
JK177 Pratice flying 1944-08-24
EP309 Pratice flying 1944-08-25
MH607 Practice flying 1944-08-27
Pratice flying 1944-08-29
EP617 Practice flying 1944-08-29
MH607 Pratice flying 1944-08-29
ML245 High patrol over Vis 1944-08-30
ML425 Protrol of Vis 1944-09-01
MA514 Air test 1944-09-02
MA514 Air test 1944-09-03
MA297 Vis to base 1944-09-05
MJ116 Practice battle formation 1944-09-06
MA507 Practice battle formation 1944-09-10
JG878 From Biferno to base 1944-09-14
Air test 1944-09-16
Air test 1944-09-16
MJ116 From base to Faicanara 1944-09-18
MJ116 Offensive sweep Ljueljana aerodrome. Low level attack many aircraft destroyed. One pilot after second attack failed to reappear. 1944-09-18
Stalag Luft IV. Repatriated 1945. 1945-04-22

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