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CLERC, Jacques

Personal Information
Rank F/O
Forename(s) Jacques Oliver
Surname Clerc
Gender M
Age 27
Decorations
Date of death 16-08-1944
Next of kin Son of Charly and Andree Clerc, of Zurich, Switzerland. Professor At University of Saskatchewan.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number MZ808
Markings BM-P
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Denmark
Burial/Memorial Place Sonderby (Assens) Churchyard
Grave Reference Coll. grave 174..
Epitaph GREATER LOVE HAS NONE THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 145
Enlistment information
Service Number J/28197
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 433 (Porcupine)
Trade Air Bomber
Country of origin if different Switzerland
Fellow Servicemen
Moffat J W (F/S)
Morgan J A W (F/L)
Stewart C R (P/O)
Young R F (Sgt)
Last Operation information
Start Date 16-08-1944
End Date 17-08-1944
Takeoff Station Skipton on Swale
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Gardening off Kiel, Germany. 89 aircraft, 3 lost (3.4%).
Reason for Loss Crashed near Sonderby on the Danish island of Fynn, SE of Assens