Flying Officer Clarke was flying Typhoon aircraft PD-494 and was engaged in an armed reconnaissance and a rocket projectile attack when his aircraft was hit by flak. The aircraft crashed ten miles west of Nijmegen at Battenburg, Holland. Flying Officer Clarke bailed out, but landed in the Maas River and drowned.
Clarke, Ross William (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-October-24
Birth Date: 1919
Born:
Parents: John William & Ethel Field Clarke, of St. Laurent, Montreal, Quebec
Spouse:
Home: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
175 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Stop At Nothing
Base
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/26500
Home
Montreal, Quebec
Temporary Burial
Flying Officer Pilot Clarke Was Buried On Dike Ueay, Appiedoorn, Netherlands
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)