Clarke, John Frederick William (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-September-23

Flight Sergeant John Frederick William Clarke RCAF

Birth Date: 1921-November-03

Born:

Parents: Elvin John Clarke & Lulu May Dorothy Clarke (nee Stewart)

Spouse: Audrey Ella Clarke, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

106 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Bourn

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/192643

Home

Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)

Target

Dortmund Germany

Temporary Burial

F/Sgt Clarke, buried on a farm at Schierloh, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
grave 13 C 3

Took off from Metheringham at 19:30 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code ZN-Q Bomber Command) on an operation to breach the Dortmund-Ems Canal North of Münster near Ladbergen.

Hit by flak, exploded and crashed 3km West of Ibbenburen near Schierloh Germany, 22:45.

Killed includes Clarke: Flying Officer Gerald George Bryan RCAF J/29589 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 13. C. 5. Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander McLaughlin RCAF J/89163 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 13. B. 15. Pilot Officer Henry Ian Shepherd RCAF J/89184 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 13. C. 4. Flying Officer James Isaac RAF pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 13. B. 16. Sergeant Richard Henry Julian RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 13. C. 1. Pilot Officer David Levene RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 13. C. 2.

POW: Flight Lieutenant Sidney Henry Jones RAF POW Stalag Luft L3, Sagan & Belaria.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial