Clare, Norman Austin (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-August-28

Flight Sergeant Norman Austin Clare RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-September-12

Born: Edmonton Alberta

Parents: Austin & Catherine Clare

Spouse:

Home: Edmonton, Alberta (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

14 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Cottesmore

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/86747

Home

Edmonton, Alberta (parents)

Final Burial

Springbank Cemetery
Sec X Grave 62

Took off from Cottesmore on a daytime training flight.

Aircraft crashed Cottesmore Airdrome, Thistleton Village, Rutland England.

Killed includes Clare: Flight Sergeant David Ellis Brownlee RCAF R/86420 KIA St. Nicholas Churchyard Cottesmore Compt. 11. Grave 39. Flight Sergeant George Armstrong Gray RCAF R/67287 KIA St. Nicholas Churchyard Cottesmore Compt. 11. Grave 40. Sergeant Jose Jean Gustave Renee Patry RCAF R/55148 KIA Wireless Op Hampden I AE312 IBCC [RCAF] 1942-08-28 14 OTU United Kingdom St. Nicholas Churchyard Cottesmore Compt. 11. Grave 38.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Hampden AE312

Sergeant David Ellis Brownlee RCAF

Sergeant Brownlee, David Ellis (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-August-28
St Nicholas Church, Cottesmore, Main Street, Cottesmore, Oakham, UK

Flight Sergeant Norman Austin Clare RCAF

Flight Sergeant Clare, Norman Austin (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-August-28
Springbank Cemetery, Countesswells Road, Aberdeen, UK

Flight Sergeant George Armstrong Gray RCAF

Flight Sergeant Gray, George Armstrong (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-August-28
St Nicholas Church, Cottesmore, Main Street, Cottesmore, Oakham, UK

Flight Sergeant Joseph Jean Edmond Gustave Rene Patry RCAF

Flight Sergeant Patry, Joseph Jean Edmond Gustave Rene (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-August-28
St Nicholas Church, Cottesmore, Main Street, Cottesmore, Oakham, UK

Hampden serial: AE312

(RCAF Photo via Chris Charland)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Handley Page Hampden (Serial No. P5428), of No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Patricia Bay, British Columbia, in the torpedo-bomber training role between May 1942 and February 1944.

Handley Page developed a modern stressed-skin mid-wing monoplane, powered by Bristol Pegasus radial air cooled engines, with its first flight in 1936. It had the most advanced wings available at the time, giving it a remarkably low landing speed of 73 mph for an aircraft of its size, with a top speed of 265 mph. The Hampden had a short, narrow but tall main fuselage with a very slender tail unit. This configuration led to the nicknames "Flying Panhandle" and "Flying Suitcase". At the end of the war, no complete or partial Hampden aircraft were retained for museum display.

The Hampden served in the early stages of the war, bearing the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and in the first 1000-bomber raid on Cologne. In Canada, Hampdens were built by six companies that formed Associated Aircraft. There were three in Ontario and three in Quebec, hence they were identified as the Ontario Group and Quebec Group. They supplied all the the components to the two assembly plants. The Ontario Group's assembly plant was at the Malton Airport, while the Quebec group's assembly plant was at the St. Hubert Airport. Canadian Museum of Flight and Harold A Skaarup web page

YouTube Handley Page Hampden in Flight