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CLARK, Sydney

Personal Information
Rank F/L
Forename(s) Sydney Ewan Carswell
Surname Clark
Gender M
Age 22
Decorations
Date of death 29-06-1944
Next of kin Son of John Carswell Clark and Freda Clark, of Vernon (Eure), France. Bursar, Edinburgh University.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number ND897
Markings MG-C
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 201..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 144
Enlistment information
Service Number 124482
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 8
Squadron 7
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different France
Fellow Servicemen
Airs W (F/O)
Davis K H (F/O)
Dovey C W (F/S)
Powell R J (F/S)
Woodward W (F/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 29-06-1944
End Date 29-06-1944
Takeoff Station Oakington
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Siracourt- to attack a flying bomb site. 305 aircraft to attack two V-bomb targets. Partial cloud cover over both targets hampered bombing to some extent, with some bombs being dropped accurately and some being somewhat scattered.
Reason for Loss Hit by flak on the approach to the aiming point while at 10000' and partially abandoned. Crashed at St Pol-sur-Ternoise in the Pas-de-Calais, France