Clayton, Eric Wilfred
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Eric Wilfred |
Surname | Clayton |
Gender | M |
Age | 36 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of James Martin Clayton and Minnie Emily Clayton. Husband of Bessie Nora Clayton, of Hull. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | DV187 |
Markings | PH-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 11. K. 10-14. |
Epitaph | DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF BESSIE NORA. IN LIFE LOVED, IN DEATH LAMENTED |
Ribbon Stone | 1326 (Block 105, Column 6, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 20 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1006016 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | Eric C. Clayton (Air Gunner) 12 Sqn Wickenby |
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 27/167/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-08-1943 |
End Date | 28-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (7% moon) |
Operation | Nurnberg |
Reason for Loss | At 2128hrs the aircraft took off on bombing operation. F/Sgt Chew had replaced the crews rear gunner Sgt Butler (unknown reason). The aircraft was engaged in a fierce fight and it is believed that the aircraft was shot down by Hptm. Ludwig Meister (Luftwaffe Night Fighter Ace) and it crashed 20km SE Schweinfurt, near to Gerolzhofen |