Hope, Clifford Lionel (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-December-17

Sergeant Clifford Lionel Hope RCAF

Birth Date: 1916

Born:

Parents: Son of John C. Hope and Gladys H. Hope, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

97 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Achieve Your Aim

Base

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/173734

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany
Final Burial
Google MapCity Cemetery
Grave 14553
97 Squadron (Achieve Your Aim), Pathfinder Force. The crew of Lancaster aircraft JB 117 encountered bad weather when returning from a trip to Berlin, Germany. The aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed one and one half miles north-east of the aerodrome at Graveley, England. FS D.R. Irvine and five of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed. addendum 2: See page 334. FS.s D.R, Irvine, I.M. Scott (RAAF), K.E. Foxcroft (RAAF), SI Peek (RAF), Sgt.s C.W. Collishaw (RAF), and S.G. Parrott (RAF) were also killed,

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