Clough, Fred (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-August-16

Flying Officer Fred Clough RAFVR

Birth Date: 1912

Born:

Parents: Thomas & Elizabeth Clough

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air

Base

RAF Syerston

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

130286

Target

Milan Italy

Took off from Syerston at 20:37 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code QR-R Bomber Command) on an operation to Milan Italy.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Le Bosc Robert, Lisieux France.

Killed: Sergeant J D Pigeau RCAF R/# KIA St Desir War Cemetery, France. Sergeant R A L Scott RCAF R/# KIA St Desir War Cemetery, France. Flying Officer F Clough RAF KIA St Desir War Cemetery, France. Sergeant A Hulmes RAF KIA St Desir War Cemetery, France. Sergeant P M H Salmaod RAF KIA St Desir War Cemetery, France. Flying Officer R Steer RAF KIA St Desir War Cemetery, France. Sergeant H F Webster RAF KIA St Desir War Cemetery, France.

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Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster DV186

Flying Officer Fred Clough RAFVR

Flying Officer Clough, Fred (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-August-16
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Arthur Hulmes RAFVR

Sergeant Hulmes, Arthur (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-August-16
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Joseph David Pigeau RCAF

Flight Sergeant Pigeau, Joseph David (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Killed in Action
1943-August-16
St Desir War Cemetery, Calvados, France

Sergeant Peter Miller Hamilton Salmond RAFVR

Sergeant Salmond, Peter Miller Hamilton (RAFVR)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-August-16
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Robert Alexander Leslie Scott RCAF

Flight Sergeant Scott, Robert Alexander Leslie (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1943-August-16
St Desir War Cemetery, Calvados, France

Flight Lieutenant Ronald Steer RAFVR

Flight Lieutenant Steer, Ronald (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-August-16
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Henry Francis Webster RAFVR

Sergeant Webster, Henry Francis (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-August-16
cemetery unknown

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I/III DV186

Bombing Milan Italy 1943-August-15 to 1943-August-16

61 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Syerston

61 Squadron RAF (Per Puram Tunantes) RAF Syerston. Lancaster BIII aircraft DV 186 QR-R was shot down by a Focke-Wulf FW190 night fighter piloted by Leutnant Detlef Grossfuss of 2/NJG2, returning from an operation against targets in Milan, Italy. The Lancaster crashed at a farm near Le Bosc Robert, La Vespiere, Calvados, France with the loss of the entire crew and three French civilians on the ground

Flight Sergeant R A L Scott (RCAF), Flight Sergeant J D Pigeau (RCAF), Flying Officer F Clough (RAFVR), Sergeant A Hulmes (RAFVR), Sergeant P M H Salmond (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant R Steer (RAFVR) and Sergeant H F Webster (RAFVR) were all killed in action

The civilians killed were: Mr. Almyre Girard, deputy mayor of La Vespiere (aged 78) Mr. Jean Houguet (aged 23) and the young Pierre Dupendant (aged 10)

Unvetted Source Royal Air force Serial and Image Database