Clayton, Jack
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Jack |
Surname | Clayton |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Date of Death | 06-12-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert and Florence Clayton, of Bradford, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ428 |
Markings | KN-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 227. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 145 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1624688 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 77 |
Squadron Motto | Esse potius quam videri (To be, rather than to seem) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Holy Trinity Church, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | Memorial windows and Roll of Honour for 77 Sqn. R.A.F. |
Location | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Column with Metal Sculpture and Plaques |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 77 Sqn. R.A.F. City of Lancaster's own |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/657/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/657/23 |
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 | 06-12-1944 |
End Date | 07-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Full Sutton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Osnabrück. 453 aircraft, 8 losses. The first major raid on this target in more than two years. The railway yards were only partly damaged but the Teuto-Metallwerke munitions factory was hit. 39 people were killed |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |