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AOC EARL H. CLARK, USN
AOC EARL H. CLARK, USN


AOC EARL H. CLARK, USN
FLIGHT LOG ID: 3364

Service Date In: 12/12/1939 Date of Birth: 03/27/1920
Service Date Out: 02/01/1960
Aviation Designation Radioman Gunner
State/College Attended
City, State Raton,NM

Highest Personnal Decoration or Award:
Pres. Unit Citation

Theaters/Campaigns:
Pearl Harbor/Midway

Aircraft:
TBD-1
TBF-1

Ship/Units/Deployments:
VT-6 USS Enterprise CV-6, 2/40-6/42
VT-6 USS Hornet CV-8, 8/42-10/42


Associations/Service Organizations:
USS Enterprise Assn.
Fleet Reserve Assn.
USS Kearsarge Assn.
NRA
NRA Whittington Founders Club

Significant Achievements:
On 14 Jun. 41 was a gunner in one of 4 TBD-1s from Ford Is. Collided with 6-T-14 & 5 of us bailed out. My pilot managed to fly damaged plane to a forced beach landing SW Barbers Point.3 of us were picked up by a J2F-2 piloted by NAP who made a skillful sea takeoff.

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