Clegg, Archibald Sidney (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-August-19

Flight Sergeant Archibald Sidney Clegg RCAF

Birth Date: 1912

Born:

Parents: James N. Clegg & Gertrude A. Clegg

Spouse:

Home: Stratford, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

464 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
Aequo Animo Equanimity

Base

RAF Methwold

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/169854

Home
Google MapStratford, Ontario (parents)
Final Burial
Google MapBlacon Cemetery
Sec A Grave 859

Took off from Methwold on a night flying training exercise during which the aircraft crashed into a hillside in Wales at Llandwrog.

The aircraft was considerably off course at the time but the cause of the crash was unknown.

Killed: Flight Sergeant Eloi Joseph Emile Beaudry RCAF R/115650 KIA Blacon Cemetery Chester Sec. A. Grave 904. Flight Sergeant Archibald Sidney Clegg RCAF R/169854 KIA Blacon Cemetery Chester Sec. A. Grave 859. Flying Officer Lawrence Fullerton RCAF J/21048 KIA Blacon Cemetery Sec. A. Grave 814. Flight Sergeant James Alexander Johnston RAAF KIA Blacon Cemetery Sec. A. Grave 591.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Mission

Ventura Mk. I AE688

Operational 1943-August-18 to 1943-August-19

464 () () RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk
464 Australia Squadron (Aequo Anima). Ventura aircraft AE 688 took off from RAF Sculthorpe on 18 August 1943 to carry out a night flying training exercise during which the aircraft crashed into a hillside in Wales at Llandwrog. The aircraft was considerably off course at the time but the cause of the crash was unknown. Casualties included Flt. Sgt's. E.J.E. Beaudry and A.S. Clegg (RCAF), Flying Officer L. Fullerton (RCAF), and Flt. Sgt. J.A. Johnston (RAAF).