Haaland, Clement Burton
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Clement Burton |
Surname | Haaland |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Boruf and Ingeborg Haaland, of South Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PA968 |
Markings | VN-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Pontchateau Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave. |
Epitaph | AS I WAIT HERE UPON THE STRAND MY FATHER SUPPORTS ME BY HIS HAND |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 43 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/87464 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Haaland Lake, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/488/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/488/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-07-1944 |
End Date | 25-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (20% moon) |
Operation | Donges |
Reason for Loss | Airborne 22:18 on 24 Jul 1944 from Skellingthorpe to bomb an oil depot at Donges (Loire Atlantique). Crashed between Callac and Porcherais, 4 km SW of Pontchâteau (Loire-Atlantique), a small town 19 km NE of St.Nazaire |