Birth Date: 1916
Born:
Parents: Isaac & Mary Elizabeth Clarke
Spouse:
Home: Freshwater, Newfoundland (mother)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
42 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Base
RAF Ashbourne
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1044214
Blenheim Mk IV N-3567 was barely airborne when it suffered an engine failure and stalled. The aircraft struck a row of trees less than half a mile from the airfield boundary on the overshoot area of the East West runway and crashed in the field beyond, bursting into flames.
Killed:Clarke
Injured: Flying Officer W R Mummery
Detail from: https://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/midlands/bristol-blenheim-n3567-ashbourne/,
The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. The aircraft was developed as Type 142, a civil airliner, in response to a challenge from Lord Rothermere to produce the fastest commercial aircraft in Europe. The Type 142 first flew in April 1935, and the Air Ministry, impressed by its performance, ordered a modified design as the Type 142M for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a bomber. Deliveries of the newly named Blenheim to RAF squadrons commenced on 10 March 1937. Wikipedia
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