Background
Clark, John Alden was born on July 9, 1923 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
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Fly with 1st Lt. John A. Clark in the cockpit of the famous B-17 "Flying Fortress" during his 32 bombing missions over Germany in WWII. Experience the terror of flying at 28,000 feet amidst enemy flak and fighter planes during the winter of 1944-1945. Lt. Clark flew as the co-pilot of a "fFlying Fortress" with "The Bloody Hundreth", the famous 100th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force. After each of his missions, Lt. Clark recorded a diary describing his combat experience. These diaries are being published for the first time in over 60 years. His unfolding stories provide a realistic and chilling account of aerial combat in the brutal air war over Europe. Several "war stories", all true, provide additional drama and a little humor to this firsthand account of this WWII combat pilot. Witness the remarkable photographs from the authors personal collection that tell and show the story of near misses from flak and the dramatic dropping of 500 pound bombs on German targets during heavy German counter attacks with flak and fighter bombers.
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Mechanical engineering educator
Clark, John Alden was born on July 9, 1923 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
Student, Lawrence Institute of Technology, 1943. Biomedical Engineering, University Michigan, 1948. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949.
Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953.
Research engineer, Research Center, United Aircraft Corporation, East Hartford, Connecticut, 1948;
research associate, Research Center, University of Michigan, 1947-1948;
instructor, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1949-1952;
assistant professor mechanic engineering, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1952-1957;
professor mechanic engineering, University of Michigan, 1957-1988;
professor emeritus of mechanic engineering, University of Michigan, since 1988;
department chairman, University of Michigan, 1966-1974. Guest professor technical universities, Munich and Berlin, 1965-1966, 72-73. Senior partner Solarcon, Inc., Ann Arbor, 1977.
President Central Solar Energy Research Corporation, 1978-1980. Technical director StarPak Energy Systems, since 1982. Engineering consultant thermal science and technical, cyrogenics, solar energy.
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Vice-president Conservative Federation Michigan, 1963-1965. Lieutenant, pilot United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Second lieutenant, pilot Michigan ANG, 1946-1948.
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (life, chairman heat transfer division 1964-1965, associate technical editor Journal Heat Transfer 1966-1971, senior editor 1978, International Heat Transfer Conference, Pi Tau Sigma gold medal award 1956, heat transfer division memorial award 1978, 50th Anniversary award 1988), Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.
S. Ellef Syver and Esther (Baker) B. Married Ethel Marie Mountain, July 8, 1945. Children: David W., Eloise M., Peter M. (deceased).
