P/O J.H. Clarke ... Hometown?

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P/O J.H. Clarke ... Hometown?

Post by georgetanksherman » Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:44 am

Greetings, I have a Bomb Aimer: P/O J.H. Clarke, J/21582, RCAF , (Looking for Hometown) assigned to R.A.F. No. 12 Squadron, was flying an Avro Lancaster - PD275 on a mission to Nurnberg, Germany. Aircraft was shot down by a Night Fighter and crashed at Asbach, 6 km WSW from Roth, Germany. P/O Clarke was the only survivor, but was captured and became a POW.

Crew PD275:
Pilot: Flt Lt K.W. Daymond, J/21582, RCAF, Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.A. - KIA
Flt Eng: Sgt A.W. Hathaway, 1894125, RAFVR, Luton, Bedfordshire, England - KIA
Nav: F/O B.C. Kerr, J/40366, RCAF, Huntsville, Ontario, Canada - KIA
Bmb Aim: P/O J.H. Clarke, J/21789, RCAF [PoW]
Wop/Gnr: P/O W.J Malyon, J/93612, RCAF, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada _KIA
Gnr: P/O H. Woffenden, 190918, RAFVR, Kilnhurst, Yorkshire, England - KIA
Gnr: Sgt N. McNicol, 3021606, RAFVR, Saltcoast, Ayr, Scotland - KIA

Any help will truly be appreciated !

George
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Re: P/O J.H. Clarke ... Hometown?

Post by Temujin » Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:25 am

georgetanksherman wrote:
Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:44 am
Greetings, I have a Bomb Aimer: P/O J.H. Clarke, J/21582, RCAF , (Looking for Hometown) assigned to R.A.F. No. 12 Squadron, was flying an Avro Lancaster - PD275 on a mission to Nurnberg, Germany. Aircraft was shot down by a Night Fighter and crashed at Asbach, 6 km WSW from Roth, Germany. P/O Clarke was the only survivor, but was captured and became a POW.

Crew PD275:
Pilot: Flt Lt K.W. Daymond, J/21582, RCAF, Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.A. - KIA
Flt Eng: Sgt A.W. Hathaway, 1894125, RAFVR, Luton, Bedfordshire, England - KIA
Nav: F/O B.C. Kerr, J/40366, RCAF, Huntsville, Ontario, Canada - KIA
Bmb Aim: P/O J.H. Clarke, J/21582, RCAF [PoW]
Wop/Gnr: P/O W.J Malyon, J/93612, RCAF, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada _KIA
Gnr: P/O H. Woffenden, 190918, RAFVR, Kilnhurst, Yorkshire, England - KIA
Gnr: Sgt N. McNicol, 3021606, RAFVR, Saltcoast, Ayr, Scotland - KIA

Any help will truly be appreciated !

George
Double check George, on your list above Clarke and Daymond are listed with the SAME Service Number???

EDIT: found his Service Number - J/21789

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Re: P/O J.H. Clarke ... Hometown?

Post by georgetanksherman » Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:59 am

Thank You for the heads up Temujin, I'M gonna blame that on the steroids that they have me on and the lack of sleep they are causing! :-) Hope things are going okay! Corrected :-)

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Re: P/O J.H. Clarke ... Hometown?

Post by Temujin » Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:55 pm

I found this article George, on his return to Canada AND he seems to be returning to British Columbia…..so now I’m searching for a home town in BC
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Post by Temujin » Sat Jun 24, 2023 3:27 pm

Still Looking, Op Record
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