Clarke, William Robertson (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1943-December-02

Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Robertson Clarke RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: John Frank & Mary Helen Clarke, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Watrous, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

156 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Light The Way

Base

RAF Warboys

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/147572

Home
Google MapWatrous, Saskatchewan
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 179

Took off from Warboys at 17:12 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code GT-E Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Shot down (means not found) and crashed near Fallingbostel, Germany.

Killed includes Clarke: Pilot Officer Leslie Joseph Johnson RAAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 191. Flight Sergeant Walter Robert Tinman RAAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 2. M. 20. Sergeant Bernard Carroll RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 144. Flight Sergeant James Gordon Redfern RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 138. Flight Sergeant James Richmond RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 138. Sergeant Kenneth Wood RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 2. M. 21.

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)