Harry Clark Jr., WWII pilot, Genavco Air Cargo owner, dead at 77
Advertiser Staff
Harry J. Clark Jr., a pilot in World War II and owner of Genavco Air Cargo, died Feb. 14. He was 77.
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Clark was born in Connecticut and got his pilot's license in 1941 when he was 16. Two years later he joined the Army Air Corps as a pilot in North Africa.
Harry Clark Jr. flew for the king of Saudi Arabia after World War II.
After the war, the cigar-smoking pilot flew for the king of Saudi Arabia, TWA, Iranian Airlines and several other companies. When the airline industry began to clamp down on smoking in planes, Clark formed his own airline in 1970.
At first, Genavco flew Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft. But Clark soon found out that the aircraft was too big for interisland flights so he switched to DC-3s, known as "gooney birds." Clark's Lagoon Drive company owned the only two DC-3s left in the Islands.
Clark is survived by wife, Luchy; son, Chris; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers Arthur and James; sisters, Catherine Marron, Dorothy Yashinco, Betty Ciresi, Elizabeth Evers, June Summa and Gail Caggiano.
Service 2 p.m Tuesday at Scottish Rite Cathedral.
