Cleal, Philip Douglas (Sergeant)

Took off from Breighton at 18:41 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code EY-A Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Flew well South of track on the return and was eventually shot down by a night fighter and crashed at les Hautes-Riviereees (Ardennes) 16 km NE of Charleville-Mezieres France.

Killed: Flight Sergeant Robert Willard McNeil RCAF R/178854 KIA Les Hautes-Rivieres Communal Cemetery Grave 3. Sergeant William George Baker RAF KIA Les Hautes-Rivieres Communal Cemetery Grave 4. Sergeant Peter John Sprague Crawford RAF KIA Les Hautes-Rivieres Communal Cemetery Grave 1. Flight Sergeant Jack Dear RAF KIA Les Hautes-Rivieres Communal Cemetery Grave 5. Flight Sergeant Henry Jackson RAF pilot KIA Les Hautes-Rivieres Communal Cemetery Grave 6. Sergeant Herbert Desmond Patchett RAF KIA Les Hautes-Rivieres Communal Cemetery Grave 7. Flight Sergeant James Smith RAF KIA Les Hautes-Rivieres Communal Cemetery Grave 2.