Clement, Roger Albert (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-August-28

Flight Sergeant Roger Albert Clement RCAF

Birth Date: 1915-November-24

Born: St. Hyacinthe, Quebec

Parents: Zotique & Parmelia (nee Cerre) Clement of Cobourg, Ontario

Spouse: Violet May (nee Baxter)

Home: Port Hope, Ontario

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1941-January-27

Service

RCAF

Unit

207 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Semper Paratus Always prepared

Base

RAF Syerston

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/91302

Home
Google MapPort Hope, Ontario
Target
Google MapKassel Germany

Took off from Syerston at 21:07 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code EM-R Bomber Command) on an operation to Kassel Germany.

The aircraft crashed into the North Sea, most likely because of damage caused by a night fighter attack.

Killed includes Clement: Pilot Officer Thomas Deathers Brown RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 68. Sergeant Eric William John Chaldecott RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 79. Sergeant Hugh Cowan Taylor RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 94.

POWs: Pilot Officer George Douglas Highes RCAF J/8805 POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant John Boon RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Flight Sergeant Douglas Hugh Boswell RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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