Claydon, David Arthur (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1944-January-20

Flight Lieutenant David Arthur Claydon RCAF

Birth Date: 1921-March-13

Born:

Parents: Ebenezer & Lilian Emily Claydon

Spouse:

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

622 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Bellamus Noctu We wage war by night

Base

RAF Mildenhall

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/16564

Final Burial
Google MapBerlin War Cemetery
Plot 7 Row J Grave 10

Took off from Mildenhall at 16:50 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code GI-D Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Aircraft shot down (means not found) and crashed in the target area.

Killed: F/Lt David Arthur Claydon RCAF J/16564 pilot KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 7. J. 10. Flight Sergeant Peter James Maher RCAF R/185430 KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 4. D. 15. Pilot Officer Stanley Ernest James RAAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 7. G. 10. Sergeant Dennis Frederick Bache RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Joint grave 7. G. 5-6. Flying Officer William Haydn Davies RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 7. G. 9. Flight Sergeant Harold Graham RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Joint grave 7. G. 5-6. Sergeant Frank Mosley RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 7. B. 14. Pilot Officer William Gibb Johnston Shields RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 7. G. 3.

Cenotaph at Saint James Cemetery, Saint-James, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada