Clark, Herbert Ashton

Title

Clark, Herbert Ashton

Description

11 items. The collection concerns Wing Commander Herbert Ashton Clark (b. 1911, 532059, 43414 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 37 Squadron from the UK and North Africa.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Wayne Clark and catalogued by Nick Cornwell-Smith and Barry Hunter.

Date

2021-12-02

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Clark, HA

Collection Items

Herbert Ashton Clark's pilot's flying log book. One
Pilot’s flying log book for Flight Sergeant Herbert Ashton Clark from 7 November 1934 to 26 February 1937. Detailing flying training as a pilot at No 2 Flying Training School and then operational posting to Iraq. Served at RAF Digby, RAF Andover, RAF…

Herbert Ashton Clark's pilots flying log book. Two
Pilot’s flying log book for Flight Sergeant Herbert Ashton Clark from 8 March 1937 to 20 August 1956. Detailing operational posting in Iraq with 70 Squadron. On return to England further training with 215 Squadron. Conversion to the Wellington at 11…

Six airmen
Two photographs of six airmen grouped in front of their Wellington.
On the reverse of the first is 'Dad and his crew in front of his Wellington 1939/40'.
The second is captioned with each airmen's name and rank.

Capo Peloro
A vertical aerial photograph of Cape Peloro, Sicily. Most of the ground detail is obscured by clouds or explosions.
It is captioned ' 326.37 ?? Aug 1943// NT. F8. 7500' ->170° 0359 Cape Peloro D.N. Mixed Road. P7. W/Cmdr Clark. 175.'
On the reverse…

Adrano
A vertical aerial photograph of Adrano. A large explosion is visible on the left of the photo, with circular ligth streaks. It is captioned '252 37 31/1 Aug 1943 //NT F/8 11500 ->360° 0444 MK Adrano (SW) 9 x 500 lb 1 x 250 lb W/C Clark 195'.
On the…

Vibo Valentia
Reconnaissance photograph showing densely wooded terrain around Vibo Valentia.
It is captioned '139.37.15/16 July 1943 // NT f8. 7000' -> 180­° 2309 Vibo Valentia. Y.U.16 x 250 lbs W/Cmdr Clark 198'.
On the reverse it is stamped 'Middle East…

Villa San Giovanni
Target photograph of San Giovanni. Indistinct photograph with target flares at top.
It is captioned ;47.37. 27/28 June 1943 // NT f8. 9000 -> 0106 San Giovanni Y.F 7 x 500 lb & 1 x 1000 lb P8 W/C Clark 150 (not with bombs)'.
On the reverse is…

Villa San Giovanni
Target photograph taken of San Giovanni. Visible in the image are the harbour, the train station, and the ferry docking lanes, together with other industrial buildings. Bomb splashes in the sea are visible and smoke can be seen coming from built up…

Villa San Giovanni
Target photograph taken during an operation at San Giovanni. A flare or explosion can be seen in the centre of the image. Rural landscape visible with road top centre to right centre. Coast can just be seen bottom right corner.
It is captioned…

Villa San Giovanni
Target photograph taken during the bombing at San Giovanni. Bombs can be seen on the image. Coastline visible bottom right. Rural area predominately with some built up areas.
It is captioned '44.37. 27/28 June 1941// NT. f/8 9000 -> 200­° 0100 San…

Villa San Giovanni
An aerial photograph showing a road running from Villa San Giovanni to Campo Calabro. A river runs parallel to the left of the road. There are white streaks of light running left to right across the photo.
It is captioned '43.37. 27/28 June 1943 //…
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