Clarke, Thomas Harry (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-June-11

Flight Sergeant Thomas Harry Clarke RCAF

Birth Date: 1909-May-04

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Home: Westmount, Quebec

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

83 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strike To Defend

Base

RAF Scampton

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/54784

Home
Google MapWestmount, Quebec
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 103

Took off from Scampton at 22:14 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code OL-K Bomber Command) for a mine-loaying operation in the Nectarines Area (Frisian Islands).

Shot down by a night fighter over the North Sea.

Killed includes Clarke: Sergeant Harold Menzies Spence RAAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 113. Flying Officer William Kenneth Williams RAAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 111. Pilot Officer Phillip Stanley MacKay RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 70. Sergeant John William Melhuish RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 89. Sergeant Derrick John Monk RAF KIA (922739) Lancaster I R5636 IBCC [RAF] 1942-06-11 83 Sqdn AIR27 United Kingdom Runnymede Memorial Panel 89. Sergeant Dennis Neill O'Day RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 90.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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