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Clarke, Thomas Harry (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-June-11

Birth Date: 1909-May-04 (age 33)

Home: Westmount, Quebec

Service
RCAF
Unit
83 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strike To Defend
Base
RAF Scampton
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/54784

Took off from Scampton at 22:14 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code OL-K Bomber Command) for a mine-loaying operation in the Nectarines Area (Frisian Islands).

Shot down by a night fighter over the North Sea.

Killed includes Clarke: Sergeant Harold Menzies Spence RAAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 113. Flying Officer William Kenneth Williams RAAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 111. Pilot Officer Phillip Stanley MacKay RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 70. Sergeant John William Melhuish RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 89. Sergeant Derrick John Monk RAF KIA (922739) Lancaster I R5636 IBCC [RAF] 1942-06-11 83 Sqdn AIR27 United Kingdom Runnymede Memorial Panel 89. Sergeant Dennis Neill O'Day RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 90.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Flight Sergeant Thomas Harry Clarke has no known grave.

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Panel 103

Lancaster R5636

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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last update: 2021-09-18 14:32:33

Lancaster Mk.I R5636



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