Wallace, Clarence Burdett
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Clarence Burdett |
Surname | Wallace |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-01-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Berton and Julia Edna Maude Wallace, of Stony Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB678 |
Markings | HW-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 14751. |
Epitaph | LIFE'S RACE WELL RUN, LIFE'S WORK WELL DONE, LIFE'S CROWN WELL WON |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | SP |
Panel Number | 272 (not yet erected on site) |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/167989 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 100 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Wallace Island, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Island |
Memorial Text |
Location | Waithe Farm, Waithe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Stone & Inscribed Brass Plaques |
Memorial Text | Remembering the crew of Lancaster HW-NF JB678 crashed in this area on the 16th December 1943 returning from a raid on Berlin |
Location | St. Nicholas's Church, Grainsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the crews of two Lancaster Bombers which collided over Grainsby on the 17th December 1943 while returning from a raid over Germany |
Location | Off the A16, Holton le Clay, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Information Boards |
Memorial Text | Do not attack the Hornets nest, 100 Squadron Royal Air Force Waltham Grimsby, December 1942 April 1945, Honour the brave |
Miscellaneous Information
Died of his injuries more than three weeks after the incident |
His epitaph reads "LIFE'S RACE WELL RUN, LIFE'S WORK WELL DONE, LIFE'S CROWN WELL WON" |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/797/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/797/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-12-1943 |
End Date | 17-12-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Grimsby |
Day/Night Raid | (76% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off at 1646hrs. On return from operation, in circuit collided with Lancaster III JB674 HW-Q of 100 Sqd. Both aircraft falling to earth at 0040hrs near Grimsby. |