Name |
Robert B. Clark |
Born |
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e-mail |
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Date |
Post |
Action |
1941-Jan-03 |
Co-pilot |
Flight: Ferry. Encounterd extremely severe weather near Corpus Christi, Texas. Crew ordered to bail out (two landed safely but one was found miles away, dead), leaving only the pilot and co-pilot. Made forced landing on a mud lake. |
1941-Jan-05 |
Co-pilot |
Flight: Ferry. Vaqueros (cowboys) or NAS Corpus Christi personnel helped pull plane to edge of lake, where it was tied to a tree. Pilots ran up full power and the rope was cut with an axe. The plane took off from the mud successfully, trailing 20 feet of rope for the remainder of the trip. |
1941-Dec-07 |
Co-pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0630. Attacked Japanese submarine outside Pearl Harbor at 0650. Landed at dusk, re-fueled and re-armed. |
1942-May-01 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 0530, returned to base at 1145 with defective radio. |
1942-May-01 |
Pilot |
Flight: patrol. Took off 1315 with repaired radio. |
Publication |
Page |
VP-14 War Diary: 1941-Dec-07 |
2 |
VP-11 War Diary: 1942-May-01 [?] |
16 |
145 |
Biography |