Service Number: 1300857
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 432 Squadron
Son of Albert and Cecilia Clarke, of Keighley, Yorkshire
Lost his life when Halifax LK811 crashed at Budel, Noord-Brabant, Holland
Takeoff at 23:50 hrs for a bombing operation against the military camp at Leopoldsburg, Belgium.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 12./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
Four crew members died, Three of them were never found, Four crew members survived the crash:
Pilot / F/Sgt. H.J. Menzies R/157627 RCAF / Groesbeek RCAF cemetery (Gelderland); grave 16 B 11 J/86541
Second Pilot / Sgt. R.S. Hall R/158628 RCAF / prisoner of war
Flight Engineer / Sgt. J. Clarke 1300857 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 227
Navigator / F/O. J. Gouinlock J/24556 RCAF / evader
Bomb Aimer / F/O. D.E. Rutherford J/26725 RCAF / evader
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. W.S. Rowan 1344656 RAF / evader, prisoner of war (was arrested 6th June at Antwerp)
Mid Upper Gunner / W/O. II H.H. Rogers R/57957 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 252
Rear Gunner / Sgt. T.F. McClay 1795998 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 233
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 432 Squadron
Son of Albert and Cecilia Clarke, of Keighley, Yorkshire
Lost his life when Halifax LK811 crashed at Budel, Noord-Brabant, Holland
Takeoff at 23:50 hrs for a bombing operation against the military camp at Leopoldsburg, Belgium.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 12./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
Four crew members died, Three of them were never found, Four crew members survived the crash:
Pilot / F/Sgt. H.J. Menzies R/157627 RCAF / Groesbeek RCAF cemetery (Gelderland); grave 16 B 11 J/86541
Second Pilot / Sgt. R.S. Hall R/158628 RCAF / prisoner of war
Flight Engineer / Sgt. J. Clarke 1300857 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 227
Navigator / F/O. J. Gouinlock J/24556 RCAF / evader
Bomb Aimer / F/O. D.E. Rutherford J/26725 RCAF / evader
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. W.S. Rowan 1344656 RAF / evader, prisoner of war (was arrested 6th June at Antwerp)
Mid Upper Gunner / W/O. II H.H. Rogers R/57957 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 252
Rear Gunner / Sgt. T.F. McClay 1795998 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 233
Service Number: 1300857
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 432 Squadron
Son of Albert and Cecilia Clarke, of Keighley, Yorkshire
Lost his life when Halifax LK811 crashed at Budel, Noord-Brabant, Holland
Takeoff at 23:50 hrs for a bombing operation against the military camp at Leopoldsburg, Belgium.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 12./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
Four crew members died, Three of them were never found, Four crew members survived the crash:
Pilot / F/Sgt. H.J. Menzies R/157627 RCAF / Groesbeek RCAF cemetery (Gelderland); grave 16 B 11 J/86541
Second Pilot / Sgt. R.S. Hall R/158628 RCAF / prisoner of war
Flight Engineer / Sgt. J. Clarke 1300857 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 227
Navigator / F/O. J. Gouinlock J/24556 RCAF / evader
Bomb Aimer / F/O. D.E. Rutherford J/26725 RCAF / evader
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. W.S. Rowan 1344656 RAF / evader, prisoner of war (was arrested 6th June at Antwerp)
Mid Upper Gunner / W/O. II H.H. Rogers R/57957 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 252
Rear Gunner / Sgt. T.F. McClay 1795998 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 233
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 432 Squadron
Son of Albert and Cecilia Clarke, of Keighley, Yorkshire
Lost his life when Halifax LK811 crashed at Budel, Noord-Brabant, Holland
Takeoff at 23:50 hrs for a bombing operation against the military camp at Leopoldsburg, Belgium.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 12./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
Four crew members died, Three of them were never found, Four crew members survived the crash:
Pilot / F/Sgt. H.J. Menzies R/157627 RCAF / Groesbeek RCAF cemetery (Gelderland); grave 16 B 11 J/86541
Second Pilot / Sgt. R.S. Hall R/158628 RCAF / prisoner of war
Flight Engineer / Sgt. J. Clarke 1300857 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 227
Navigator / F/O. J. Gouinlock J/24556 RCAF / evader
Bomb Aimer / F/O. D.E. Rutherford J/26725 RCAF / evader
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. W.S. Rowan 1344656 RAF / evader, prisoner of war (was arrested 6th June at Antwerp)
Mid Upper Gunner / W/O. II H.H. Rogers R/57957 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 252
Rear Gunner / Sgt. T.F. McClay 1795998 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 233
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