Clark, Douglas Charles Walter
Killed in Action 1943-08-10
Birth Date: 1920-September-23
Born:
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
511 (T) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Surely and Quickly
Base
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Flying Officer
Service Numbers
J/10576
Home
Toronto, Ontario
First Burial
Malta War Memorial, Malta
Albermarle ST.1 P-1433 disppeared over the Mediterranean, West of Tarifa, Spain.
Killed includes Clark:Flying Officer Albert William Little RCAF J/11494 KIA Malta Memorial Panel 10, Column 1.Flight Sergeant William Robert McLellen RCAF R/113865 KIA Malta Memorial Panel 11, Column 2.Flight Sergeant Raymond Douglas Crowley Smith RAAF attached 511 Squadron RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 12, Column 1.Flying Officer Jack Collingridge Valder RAAF attached 511 Squadron RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 11, Column 1.Corp. Keith Treffa Alexander RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 9, Column 2.Flying Officer James Hannan Charnock RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 6, Column 1.Sergeant William Brownlie Clarkson RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 8, Column 1.Flying Officer Philip Oscar Davis RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 6, Column 2.Sergeant Albert John Flower RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 8, Column 2.F/Lt Harold Anthony Kidd-May RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 119.Sergeant Jack Oxley RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 9, Column 1.Sergeant Desmond Arthur Woods RAF KIA Malta Memorial Panel 9, Column 2.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comAlbemarle P1433
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle
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Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle ST Mark I series 2, P1475, of No. 511 Squadron RAF based at Lyneham, Wiltshire, in flight. One of six Mark I aircraft modified to "˜Lyneham Standard' transport configuration and used by 'C' Flight of the Squadron on the UK-Gibraltar-Algiers route.
The Armstrong Whitworth AW 41 Albemarle was a twin-engine transport aircraft developed by the British aircraft manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth and primarily produced by A.W. Hawksley Ltd, a subsidiary of the Gloster Aircraft Company. It was one of many aircraft which entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.
The Albemarle had been originally designed as a medium bomber to fulfil Specification B.9/38; however, military planners decided to deemphasis the bomber role in favour of aerial reconnaissance and transport missions, leading to the aircraft being extensively redesigned mid-development. Performing its maiden flight on 20 March 1940, its entry to service was delayed by the redesign effort, thus the first RAF squadron to operate the Albemarle, No. 295 at RAF Harwell, did not receive the type in quantity until January 1943. As a consequence of superior bombers, such as the Vickers Wellington, having arrived in quantity, all plans for using the Albemarle as a bomber were abandoned.
Instead, the Albemarle was used by RAF squadrons primarily for general and special transport duties, paratroop transport and glider towing, in addition to other secondary duties. Albemarle squadrons participated in Normandy and the assault on Arnhem during Operation Market Garden. While the Albemarle remained in service throughout the conflict, the final examples in RAF service were withdrawn less than a year after the war's end. During October 1942, the Soviet Air Force also opted to order 200 aircraft; of these, only a handful of Albemarles were delivered to the Soviets prior to the Soviet government deciding to suspend deliveries in May 1943, and later cancelling the order in favour of procuring the American Douglas C-47 Skytrain instead.Wikipedia
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