World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert S. Clark
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Augusta, Kansas
Honored By
Mr. Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
HE WAS A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER CREW MEMBER WHO WAS THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF A MID-AIR COLLISION NEAR MODEL, COLORADO ON AUGUST 21, 1944 THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 18 AIRMEN. A MEMORIAL MARKER HAS BEEN PLACED NEAR THE CRASH SITE IN HONOR OF CLARK AND THOSE WHO PERISHED.