Clarkson, Robert Guy (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1942-December-21

Pilot Officer Robert Guy Clarkson RCAF

Birth Date: 1917-September-20

Born: Port Arthur Ontario

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Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

9 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Waddington

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/16871
Prev: R/71542

Home

Toronto, Ontario

Target

Munich Germany

Final Burial

Friedhof Hochmutting
Collective Grave

Took off from Waddington at 17:34 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code WS-G Bomber Command) on an operation to Munich Germany.

Aircraft was shot down by flak twenty five miles north of Munich at Rothschwaige, Karlsfeld, Bayern, Germany with one survivor.

Killed includes Clarkson: Flight Sergeant John Frederick Edwards RCAF R/91707 KIA Oberschleissheim Churchyard Coll. grave. Sergeant Jack Hilton Baker RAF KIA Oberschleissheim Churchyard Coll. grave. Pilot Officer Edward Fenwicke-Clennell RAF KIA Oberschleissheim Churchyard Coll. grave. Pilot Officer John Alexander Wilson Moffat RAF KIA Oberschleissheim Churchyard Coll. grave. Flight Sergeant Jack Passmore Warren RAF KIA Oberschleissheim Churchyard Coll. grave.

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