Campton, Clifden Homer Foch
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Clifden Homer Foch |
Surname | Campton |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-11-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of James Campton and Ruth Anna Campton (née King) of Montreal, PQ, Canada |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax VII |
Serial Number | LW199 |
Markings | OW-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 17. F. 20. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 141 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/95160 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 426 (Thunderbird) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Hall, Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with Inscribed Metal Plaque & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Canadian aircrew of 425 and 426 Sqns RCAF who served at RAF Dishforth, 1942-1945 |
Location | Outside Village Hall, Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of Canadian personnel who served at RAF Linton on Ouse during WW2, including 408 and 426 Sqns RCAF |
Miscellaneous Information
Clifden was born at Montreal, P.Q. on 8 November 1918. His father was born in Northern Ireland and was a ship’s worker and his mother was born in Ireland. He was one of six children. Sisters Ruth and Moyra and a third sister, Deirdre, who had died in 1944. Brothers Mark Edgar and J/95225 Albert Spencer Blair. Albert also sadly lost his life in the service of Bomber Command on 7 January 1945. He attended Rosemount Public School and Gilson Public in Montreal 1923-1930 (primary). Then West Hill High School 1930-1932, Montreal. His sport interests were baseball and hockey. Clifden worked as a clerk for National Sales and Distribution between 1932-1938. He was then a security clerk 1939-1940, part time, a ticket man and stock keeper 1938-1940 doing winter work at YMCA and a Blind maker for 3 months in 1940. He then took on piece work for Canadian Vickers Ltd. where he was employed until enlisting. |
He enlisted on 10 October 1941 and after training embarked for the U.K. on 1 November 1943. He arrived at 3PRC (RCAF) on 10 November 1943, 3(0)AFU 15 February 1944, 82 OTU 11 April 1944, 61 Base 25 June 1944 and on to 426 Squadron 6 October 1944. Clifden was to lose his life from there the following month 2 November 1944. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1842/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1842/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-11-1944 |
End Date | 03-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (92% moon) |
Operation | Dusseldorf. 992 aircraft, 19 losses- 4 of which crashed behind Allied lines (0.4%). Most of the bombing fell on the northern suburbs with more than 5000 houses being destroyed . 7 industrial premises were destroyed and 18 seriously damaged, including some important steel works. At least 678 people were killed. This was the last significant raid on Düsseldorf. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak |