Clark, Ari Bergthor (Pilot Officer)

Took off from Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 12:52 in Haliafax Mk III (Sqn code MP-R Bomber Command) on an operation to St Vith Belgium.

Aircraft was hit by flak which completely shattered the nose section. Moments later, the rest of the Halifax crashed into woods near Nassogne, 19 km SW of la Roche-Ardenne (Belgian Ardennes).

Killed: Pilot Officer Ari Bergthor Clark RCAF J/91164 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 249. Flying Officer Ralph Hay Emerson RCAF J/27577 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Belgium grave 12. E. 9. Flying Officer George Floyd RCAF J/24532 KIA Nassogne Communal Cemetery Belgium North West Part. Flight Sergeant Oscar Frederick Newton RCAF R/103037 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. A. 5-7. Flying Officer Devoe Woolf RCAF J/186900 KIA Hotton War Cemetery grave III. C. 7. Sergeant John Shirra Gray RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. A. 5-7. WO Thomas Richard William Smith RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. A. 5-7. Sergeant William Smith RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. A. 5-7.