Clarke, Robert Edward (Warrant Officer 1st Class)

Killed in Action 1944-August-19

Male Head

Birth Date: 1910-July-09

Born: Atlanta, Georgia

Parents: Stephen & Helen Clarke.

Spouse: Vera Joyce Clarke, of Putney, London, England.

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

226 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Non Sibi Sed Patriae For country not for self

Base

RAF Hartford Bridge

Rank

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/69558

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba
Final Burial
Google MapBretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery
grave XXIV F 6

Mitchell Mk II FW-216 MQ-S was hit by flak and lost while engaged in a flare dropping operation on the Vimoutiers Road, Orne, France in support of the Normandy invasions.

Killed includes Clarke: Flight Sergeant Joseph Robert Hunter RCAF R/170618 KIA Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery grave XXIV. F. 7. Flying Officer Alexander Kozlof RCAF J/27922 KIA Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery grave XXIV. F. 4. Flight Sergeant Ernest Leslie Dunn RNZAF KIA Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, grave H. 33. Flight Sergeant John Moore Hart RNZAF KIA Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery grave XXII. A. 5.

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)