Clarke, Guy Archer
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Guy Archer |
Surname | Clarke |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frank Archer Clarke and Eva Clarke, of Ely, Cambridgeshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | RF188 |
Markings | PH-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. F. 23. |
Epitaph | FOR MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THY SALVATION" ST.LUKE II.30 |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 20 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1868276 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Flight engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/169/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/169/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-03-1945 |
End Date | 17-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (12% moon) |
Operation | Nürnberg |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Ottenhoose, near Hersbruck in Bavaria |