Clarke, Ernest Reginald
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ernest Reginald |
Surname | Clarke |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-04-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick John and Florence Grace Clarke, of Wolverton, Buckinghamshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | L4152 |
Markings | OL-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 12. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 20 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 564585 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Observer/Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-04-1940 |
End Date | 15-04-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (44% moon) |
Operation | Gardening in the western Baltic |
Reason for Loss | Last heard of at 0400 on W/T transmitting distress calls. Lost without trace |