STANLEY S CLARK
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HONORED ON PANEL 32W, LINE 31 OF THE WALL
STANLEY SCOTT CLARK
WALL NAME
STANLEY S CLARK
PANEL / LINE
32W/31
DATE OF BIRTH
CASUALTY PROVINCE
DATE OF CASUALTY
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STATUS
REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR STANLEY SCOTT CLARK
POSTED ON 2.1.1999
POSTED BY: CLAY MARSTON
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
STANLEY SCOTT CLARK
AND
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
RICHARD AMBROSE WALSH III
ON 2-14-1969 LTC CLARK WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE LEAD AIRCRAFT IN A FLIGHT OF TWO F4D'S WHICH DEPARTED
UBON AIRFIELD, THAILAND
ON A NIGHT MISSION OVER SOUTHERN LAOS, NEAR THE BORDER OF SOUTH VIETNAM, ALONG THE
HO CHI MINH TRAIL.
ON HIS SECOND PASS OVER THE TARGET LTC CLARK'S AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE AND BURST INTO FLAMES. HE CLIMBED TO ABOUT 12000FEET AND ORDERED HIS BACKSEATER TO EJECT. THE BACKSEATER EJECTED AS THE PLANE BEGAN A RAPID DESCENT. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A CLOUD LAYER AT ABOUT 1000 FEET AND WAS OBSCURED FROM VIEW, BUT WAS LATER SEEN AS IT CRASHED INTO A RIVER. CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE CO-PILOT AS HE DESCENDED IN HIS PARACHUTE BUT NO OTHER PARACHUTE WAS SEEN AND NO EMERGENCY SIGNALS WERE HEARD.
ALL OTHER EFFORTS TO CONTACT LTC CLARK FAILED.
AT ABOUT 0500 HRS ON 2-15-1969 LTC WALSH DEPARTED AS THE PILOT OF THE LEAD AIRCRAFT IN A FLIGHT OF TWO A1J 'SPAD' AIRCRAFT FROM NAKHON PHENOM, THAILAND ON A SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION OVER SOUTHEASTERN LAOS.
THE AIJ WAS COMMONLY USED FOR FLYING RESCUE, CLOSE AIR SUPPORT AND FORWARD AIR CONTROL (FAC) MISSIONS.
LTC WALSH'S JOB THAT DAY WAS TO RESCUE THE CO-PILOT OF AN F4D THAT HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN THE DAY BEFORE IN SARAVANE PROVINCE NEAR THE CITY OF BAN BAC.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS PILOT WAS LTC CLARK'S BACKSEATER.
UPON ARRIVAL IN THE ASSIGNED AREA LTC WALSH AND THE SECOND A1J WERE JOINED BY TWO OTHER A1 AIRCRAFT AND TWO HELICOPTERS.
LTC WALSH BECAME THE ON-SCENE COMMANDER OF THIS RESCUE OPERATION AND MADE SEVERAL LOW PASSES OVER THE TARGET AREA ATTEMPTING TO MAKE VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE DOWNED PILOT. HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING RADIO CONTACT WITH THE DOWNED PILOT AND ORDERED THE HELICOPTERS TO ATTEMPT TO PICK HIM UP.
WHILE FLYING AT ABOUT 1000 FEET LTC WALSH RADIOED THAT HE WAS RECEIVING GROUND FIRE.
THIS WAS THE LAST TRANSMISSION RECEIVED FROM HIM.
AT THE SAME TIME MEMBERS IN THE FLIGHT OBSERVED FLASHES AND AIR BURSTS OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE BEHIND LTC WALSH'S AIRPLANE AND ALONG HIS FLIGHT PATH.
ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR NO PARACHUTE WAS SEEN AND NO EMERGENCY RADIO BEEPER SIGNALS WERE HEARD.
WHILE ALL THE FLIGHT MEMBERS DID NOT HAVE THE AIRCRAFT UNDER CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION THOSE EVENTS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CLOSELY WITNESSED BY THE WINGMAN EXCEPT WHEN HE MOMENTARILY LOOKED DOWN AT THE COCKPIT GAUGES TO CHANGE RADIO FREQUENCIES TO ALERT THE SEARCH AND RESCUE COORDINATOR OF THE SITUATION.
THE DOWNED PILOT WAS RECOVERED AND LATER STATED THAT HE HEARD AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT SITE OPEN FIRE AS LTC WALSH'S AIRCRAFT APPROACHED AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER HEARD AN IMPACT EXPLOSION. HE FURTHER STATED THAT IT WAS LESS THAN 15 SECONDS FROM THE TIME HE HEARD THE ENGINE BEGIN TO RACE UNTIL HE HEARD THE AIRCRAFT IMPACT THE GROUND. HE COULD NOT OBSERVE THE INCIDENT DUE TO DENSE JUNGLE AND FOLIAGE.
THE SEARCH FOR BOTH
LTC CLARK
AND
LTC WALSH
WAS TERMINATED AT THIS POINT.
BOTH FLYERS ARE STILL CLASSIFIED AS
MISSING IN ACTION / BODIES NOT RECOVERED
BOTH OF THESE FINE USAF PILOTS
WERE POSTHUMOUSLY PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF
COLONEL
STANLEY SCOTT CLARK
AND
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
RICHARD AMBROSE WALSH III
ON 2-14-1969 LTC CLARK WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE LEAD AIRCRAFT IN A FLIGHT OF TWO F4D'S WHICH DEPARTED
UBON AIRFIELD, THAILAND
ON A NIGHT MISSION OVER SOUTHERN LAOS, NEAR THE BORDER OF SOUTH VIETNAM, ALONG THE
HO CHI MINH TRAIL.
ON HIS SECOND PASS OVER THE TARGET LTC CLARK'S AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE AND BURST INTO FLAMES. HE CLIMBED TO ABOUT 12000FEET AND ORDERED HIS BACKSEATER TO EJECT. THE BACKSEATER EJECTED AS THE PLANE BEGAN A RAPID DESCENT. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A CLOUD LAYER AT ABOUT 1000 FEET AND WAS OBSCURED FROM VIEW, BUT WAS LATER SEEN AS IT CRASHED INTO A RIVER. CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE CO-PILOT AS HE DESCENDED IN HIS PARACHUTE BUT NO OTHER PARACHUTE WAS SEEN AND NO EMERGENCY SIGNALS WERE HEARD.
ALL OTHER EFFORTS TO CONTACT LTC CLARK FAILED.
AT ABOUT 0500 HRS ON 2-15-1969 LTC WALSH DEPARTED AS THE PILOT OF THE LEAD AIRCRAFT IN A FLIGHT OF TWO A1J 'SPAD' AIRCRAFT FROM NAKHON PHENOM, THAILAND ON A SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION OVER SOUTHEASTERN LAOS.
THE AIJ WAS COMMONLY USED FOR FLYING RESCUE, CLOSE AIR SUPPORT AND FORWARD AIR CONTROL (FAC) MISSIONS.
LTC WALSH'S JOB THAT DAY WAS TO RESCUE THE CO-PILOT OF AN F4D THAT HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN THE DAY BEFORE IN SARAVANE PROVINCE NEAR THE CITY OF BAN BAC.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS PILOT WAS LTC CLARK'S BACKSEATER.
UPON ARRIVAL IN THE ASSIGNED AREA LTC WALSH AND THE SECOND A1J WERE JOINED BY TWO OTHER A1 AIRCRAFT AND TWO HELICOPTERS.
LTC WALSH BECAME THE ON-SCENE COMMANDER OF THIS RESCUE OPERATION AND MADE SEVERAL LOW PASSES OVER THE TARGET AREA ATTEMPTING TO MAKE VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE DOWNED PILOT. HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING RADIO CONTACT WITH THE DOWNED PILOT AND ORDERED THE HELICOPTERS TO ATTEMPT TO PICK HIM UP.
WHILE FLYING AT ABOUT 1000 FEET LTC WALSH RADIOED THAT HE WAS RECEIVING GROUND FIRE.
THIS WAS THE LAST TRANSMISSION RECEIVED FROM HIM.
AT THE SAME TIME MEMBERS IN THE FLIGHT OBSERVED FLASHES AND AIR BURSTS OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE BEHIND LTC WALSH'S AIRPLANE AND ALONG HIS FLIGHT PATH.
ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR NO PARACHUTE WAS SEEN AND NO EMERGENCY RADIO BEEPER SIGNALS WERE HEARD.
WHILE ALL THE FLIGHT MEMBERS DID NOT HAVE THE AIRCRAFT UNDER CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION THOSE EVENTS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CLOSELY WITNESSED BY THE WINGMAN EXCEPT WHEN HE MOMENTARILY LOOKED DOWN AT THE COCKPIT GAUGES TO CHANGE RADIO FREQUENCIES TO ALERT THE SEARCH AND RESCUE COORDINATOR OF THE SITUATION.
THE DOWNED PILOT WAS RECOVERED AND LATER STATED THAT HE HEARD AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT SITE OPEN FIRE AS LTC WALSH'S AIRCRAFT APPROACHED AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER HEARD AN IMPACT EXPLOSION. HE FURTHER STATED THAT IT WAS LESS THAN 15 SECONDS FROM THE TIME HE HEARD THE ENGINE BEGIN TO RACE UNTIL HE HEARD THE AIRCRAFT IMPACT THE GROUND. HE COULD NOT OBSERVE THE INCIDENT DUE TO DENSE JUNGLE AND FOLIAGE.
THE SEARCH FOR BOTH
LTC CLARK
AND
LTC WALSH
WAS TERMINATED AT THIS POINT.
BOTH FLYERS ARE STILL CLASSIFIED AS
MISSING IN ACTION / BODIES NOT RECOVERED
BOTH OF THESE FINE USAF PILOTS
WERE POSTHUMOUSLY PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF
COLONEL
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