Service No: 617644
Royal Air Force
61 Sqdn.
Son of Herbert George and Elizabeth Loates, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.
Age: 25
Cause of death:
After returning from a bombing mission at Cologne, Germany, the pilot of Handley Hampden Mk I X 2147 got disoriented in foggy weather conditions and ran out of gas and crashed killing the crew of four. Those who died were:
Pilot 1: Sgt. Richard William Tudor Clarke R.A.F.V.R. Age 20
Pilot 2: Sgt. Alfred Douglas Cox R.A.F.V.R. Age 22
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Percy Thomas R.A.F.V.R. Age 19
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Henry George Loates R.A.F. Age 25
Commemorated on page 605 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance and there is an online Tribute to him on "The Roll Call of Honour" website
Royal Air Force
61 Sqdn.
Son of Herbert George and Elizabeth Loates, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.
Age: 25
Cause of death:
After returning from a bombing mission at Cologne, Germany, the pilot of Handley Hampden Mk I X 2147 got disoriented in foggy weather conditions and ran out of gas and crashed killing the crew of four. Those who died were:
Pilot 1: Sgt. Richard William Tudor Clarke R.A.F.V.R. Age 20
Pilot 2: Sgt. Alfred Douglas Cox R.A.F.V.R. Age 22
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Percy Thomas R.A.F.V.R. Age 19
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Henry George Loates R.A.F. Age 25
Commemorated on page 605 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance and there is an online Tribute to him on "The Roll Call of Honour" website
Service No: 617644
Royal Air Force
61 Sqdn.
Son of Herbert George and Elizabeth Loates, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.
Age: 25
Cause of death:
After returning from a bombing mission at Cologne, Germany, the pilot of Handley Hampden Mk I X 2147 got disoriented in foggy weather conditions and ran out of gas and crashed killing the crew of four. Those who died were:
Pilot 1: Sgt. Richard William Tudor Clarke R.A.F.V.R. Age 20
Pilot 2: Sgt. Alfred Douglas Cox R.A.F.V.R. Age 22
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Percy Thomas R.A.F.V.R. Age 19
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Henry George Loates R.A.F. Age 25
Commemorated on page 605 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance and there is an online Tribute to him on "The Roll Call of Honour" website
Royal Air Force
61 Sqdn.
Son of Herbert George and Elizabeth Loates, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.
Age: 25
Cause of death:
After returning from a bombing mission at Cologne, Germany, the pilot of Handley Hampden Mk I X 2147 got disoriented in foggy weather conditions and ran out of gas and crashed killing the crew of four. Those who died were:
Pilot 1: Sgt. Richard William Tudor Clarke R.A.F.V.R. Age 20
Pilot 2: Sgt. Alfred Douglas Cox R.A.F.V.R. Age 22
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Percy Thomas R.A.F.V.R. Age 19
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Henry George Loates R.A.F. Age 25
Commemorated on page 605 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance and there is an online Tribute to him on "The Roll Call of Honour" website
Inscription
Not Dead To Us Who Love Him
Not Lost But Gone Before
He Lives With Us In Memory
And Will For Evermore
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Records on Ancestry
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Web: Saskatchewan, Canada, Birth Index, 1875-1919
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1921 Census of Canada
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1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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