Clifford, Lewis Banks (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-September-07

Flying Officer Lewis Banks Clifford RCAF

Birth Date: 1921-September-06

Born:

Parents: Lewis Thomas Charles & Hettie Clifford

Spouse: Jane Thompson Clifford, of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

RAF Elvington

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/21295

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba (parents)
Target
Google MapMunich Germany
Final Burial
Google MapDurnbach War Cemetery
Plot 5 Row K Coll Grave 12-15

Took off from Elvington at 19:31 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code KN-Z Bomber Command) on an operation to Munich Germany.

Aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Kaufering, Bayern Germany.

Killed includes Banks: Sergeant Donald Christopher Elliott RCAF R/139294 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. K. 12-15. Pilot Officer Henry George Northway RCAF J/92475 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. K. 12-15. Sergeant Harold Basnett RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. K. 12-15. Sergeant Lionel Trevor Johnson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. K. 12-15. Sergeant Geoffrey Leedham RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. K. 12-15. Sergeant Richard John Partridge RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 5. K. 12-15.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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