Clement, James McVicar
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | James McVicar |
Surname | Clement |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-08-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND344 |
Markings | LQ-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | St. Symphorien New Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Mil. Sec. Row 5. Grave 1. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 145 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/24656 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Miscellaneous Information
Date of crash: 12/6/44 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-06-1944 |
End Date | 12-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (69% moon) |
Operation | Tours- to bomb railway communications. Part of a 671 aircraft force to further hamper lines of communications leading to the Normandy area. Cambrai and Caen attacks were scattered but Amiens, Arras and Poitiers were accurate. 23 aircraft were Lost (3.4%) including that of Charles Mynarski VC, the subject of the Canadian Lancaster 'Vera'. |
Reason for Loss | Initially, all but one of the crew evaded capture but F/O Clements died while evading |