Adams, Clifford
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Clifford |
Surname | Adams |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Date of Death | 15-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Doris Lilian Adams, of Doncaster, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW715 |
Markings | KW-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Marquise Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Row A. Grave 22. |
Epitaph | PRECIOUS MEMORIES, SILENTLY TREASURED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1450691 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 425 (Alouette) |
Squadron Motto | Je te plumerai (I shall pluck you) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Village Hall, Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Canadian aircrew of 425 and 426 Sqns RCAF who served at RAF Dishforth, 1942-1945 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed metal plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Miscellaneous Information
Of the surviving crew members, four successfully evaded capture and two became PoW |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-06-1944 |
End Date | 16-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (25% moon) |
Operation | Boulogne- to destroy German light naval vessels. The local report describes great destruction to the harbour area with 200 people having been killed. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Desvres in the Pas-de-Calais, France. |