Birth Date: 1922-July-14
Born: Hamilton Ontario
William Brown Cleland & Mabel Johnston Cleland.
Home: Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
21 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Viribus Vincimus By strength with conquer
Base
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot Officer
Service Numbers
J/19406
Prev: R/72066
Hamilton, Ontario
21 Squadron SAAF Baltimore aircraft AG-877 was shot down by a German ME-109 fighter aircraft and crashed in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Favigana Island.
Killed: Pilot Officer Calder Leper Cleland RCAF J/19406 KIA Alamein Memorial Column 271. Warrant Officer Class 1 James Earl Morrison RCAF R/80309 KIA Alamein Memorial Column 272. Lt Allan George Tufnell Oakes RAF KIA Alamein Memorial Column 278.
The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.
Development of the Baltimore was hindered by a series of problems, although the type eventually became a versatile combat aircraft. Produced in large numbers, the Baltimore was not used operationally by United States armed forces but eventually served with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Hellenic and the Italian air forces. it was subsequently used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II. Wikipedia
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