Clark Lyndle Keith

Monuments

S/SGT Merton Haigh & 2LT John Fassnacht (B-24, 42-51964) Memorial

Name:

Lyndle Keith Clark

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

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Unit:

778th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

2005-03-13

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Valhalla Memorial Park and Mausoleum Godfrey, Madison County, Illinois

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Lyndle Clark was born in 1924 and was from Illinois. He served as a Gunner on B-24 (42-51964) of the 778th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group which was based out of Pantanella Airbase in Italy.
On October 17, 1944, this plane was a mission to bomb the heavily defended city of Vienna. Over Vienna, the plane was hit and badly damaged. Two of the crew were killed in flight; the others parachuted out and all were captured except for one who died on impact. A memorial in Zohor, Slovakia remembers the plane and two crewmembers who died with the plane.
Clark was taken as a POW (Camp- Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow) remained there for the rest of the war.