Clark, James Murdoch (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-August-23

Flying Officer James Murdoch Clark RCAF

Birth Date: 1916-April-15

Born: Milton Ontario

Parents: William John & Janet Ann Clark

Spouse: Margaret Lillian Clark, of Peterborough, Ontario

Home: Peterborough, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

58 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Alis Nocturnis On the wings of the night

Base

RAF Holmsley South

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/26047

Home
Google MapPeterborough, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapAnti-Submarine Patrol
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 173

Took off from Holmsley South on an anti-submarine patrol over the Bay of Biscay.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed.

Killed includes Clark: Warrant Officer Class 2 Banks Earle Mitchell RCAF R/80314 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 180. Warrant Officer Class 1 William Allan Tennant RCAF R/86553 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 179. Sergeant Joseph William Bailey RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 141. Flight Sergeant Lloyd Chesley Matthews RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 172. F/Lt Geoffrey Alan Sawtell RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 121. Flight Sergeant Thomas Rae Urquhart RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 139. Flight Sergeant Albert Charles Wilder RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 140.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax DT636

Flying Officer James Murdoch Clark RCAF

Flying Officer Clark, James Murdoch (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-August-23
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Lloyd Chesley Matthews RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Matthews, Lloyd Chesley (RAFVR)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-August-23
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Banks Earle Mitchell RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Mitchell, Banks Earle (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-August-23
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer 1st Class William Allan Tennant RCAF

Warrant Officer 1st Class Tennant, William Allan (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-August-23
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK