McClelland, David Stuart (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-December-20

Flight Sergeant David Stuart McClelland RCAF

Birth Date: 1921-March-11

Born: Dominion City, Manitoba

Parents: Son of Arthur Hugh and Agnes Adella McClelland, of Stonewall, Manitoba. Brother of Nellie Agnes Robinson, Mabel Hughine and Ida Jean McClelland.

Spouse:

Home: Stonewall, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute

Base

Holme-on-Spalding-Moor

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)

Service Numbers

R/166291

Home

Stonewall, Manitoba

Target

Frankfurt Germany

Memorial Location

Runnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 183

476 Squadron (Resolute) RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. Halifax aircraft LK 926 MP-C was shot down by marine flak off Castricum, Holland returning from a night operation over Frankfurt, Germany

The Halifax crashed into the North Sea off Goeree-Overflakkee island, Zuid-Holland

FS DS McClelland (RCAF), Sergeant HC Cohen (RAFVR), FS LF Gillingham (RAFVR), FS LJ Sheean (RAAF) and Sergeant RF Taylor (RAFVR) were all missing believed killed in action

The missing have no known grave and are all commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial

FS JA Lamb (RNZAF) and FS CW Matthews (RAFVR) were killed in action. FS Mathew's body washed ashore at Petten, Netherlands 1944-01-02. FS Lamb's body washed ashore at Castricum aan Zee, Netherlands 1944-01-06. Both of these airmen were buried in local cemeteries in Holland

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