Clamp, Clifford

Killed in Action 1944-04-11

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Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Edward & Ethel Clamp

Home: Upper Ettingshall, Bilston, Staffordshire, England.

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

576 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Carpe Diem Seize the opportunity

Base

RAF Elsham Wolds

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

1509139

Home
Google MapUpper Ettingshall, Bilston, Staffordshire, England.
Target
Google MapCambrai France
First Burial
Google MapRoute De Solesmes Communal Cemetery, Cambrai France

Took off from Elsham Wolds at 23:31 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code UL-R2 Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb railway yards at Cambrai France.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed between Cambrai (Nord) and Solesmes France.

Killed includes Clamp:F/Lt Frank Sharpe Barnsdale RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 10.Pilot Officer Alexander Grant Campbell RCAF J/85824 KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery, Cambrai, France, Plot 1. Row A. Grave 14.Flight Sergeant Ernest Charles Edwards RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 15.Sergeant Grenville Malcombe Morris RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 12.Sergeant James Torode RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Joint grave 15.Sergeant Kevin Joseph Willett RAF KIA Route De Solesmes Communal Cemetery Plot 1. Row A. Grave 13.

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