
Harold William Clarke
Service number
J/5703
Military unit
408 Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force
Address
330 Beaverbrook Street, Winnipeg, Canada.
Date of birth
03 Jan 1922
Date of death
21 Jan 1942 (20 years old)
Place of birth
Grace Hospital, Fort Osborne Barracks, Tuxedo Avenue, Winnipeg, Canada.
Employment, education or hobbies
General garage duties, H Moore Garage, Winnipeg, Canada.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of Lt George Harold and Georgina Mary Clarke, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Military history
21/22 January 1942 Hampden X3051 408 Sqn. Took off from RAF Balderton part of 54 aircraft raid to bomb Bremen. Lost without trace , although new data shows X3051 may have been lost in combat or collided with Bf110 D-3 R4+JP which was also lost without trace in the North Sea, 20 km west of Petten with the crew Uffz Kurt Zipperlein and Gefr Werner Schunter.
5 Groups way points being in this location and the Bf110 being vectored to the area.
P/O Harold Clarke RCAF
Sgt Peter Chapple
Sgt Reginald Eves
Sgt Robert Brown - All missing.
Extra information
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