Clark Collins was born on 1920. Pilot of the P-47D-5-RE, serial number 42-8406 "Eager Beaver". Reported missing on a mission to escort bombers to Gelsenkirchen, Germany on November 5, 1943. "After I made my pass on an ME 109, I continued my turn to the left for 360°, heading toward Germany where I had last seen Lt Collins's plane. When I had completed my turn I saw at least seven aircraft milling about the sky. Our altitude was almost 17,000 feet. I didn't identify any of the aircraft, but believing them to be enemy aircraft, I called to Lt Collins to break down and head for home as I did the same. I split-essed down to about 10,000 feet and looked around seeing no planes in the sky, and headed home. I made repeated calls to Lt Collins but got no reply", a statement from 1st Lt Frederick W. Kelley. His name is commemorated at the Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.