Clarke, John Yorke
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | John Yorke |
Surname | Clarke |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Raymond Arthur and Marjorie Cecil Clarke, of Roelands, Western Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JD298 |
Markings | NP-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. F. 21. |
Epitaph | BROTHER OF F/LT. R.M.CLARKE, DFC. K.I.A. OVER GERMANY 7TH JANUARY 1945 |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 145 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 415119 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Miscellaneous Information
Aircraft nickname: JAFBO (Just About Feeling Browned Off). The Halifax was purchased by the town of Redcar as part of the Wings for Victory campaign |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/39 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/38 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-08-1943 |
End Date | 28-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (7% moon) |
Operation | Nuremberg. 674 aircraft, 33 losses (4.9%). H2S marking was used and, given the difficulties experiences with Oboe equipment in recent raids, the crews were ordered to drop a 1000lb bomb on Heilbronn using the equipment to check its functionality. Nuremberg was clear and PFF marking was accurate but significant creepback set in and PFF were unable to correct it because, once again, they had difficulties with their H2S sets. Many of the bombs fell in open countryside SSW of the city. 65 people were killed on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down on outbound leg by a night-fighter and thought to have crashed at Marscherwald, Luxembourg Province, Belgium |