In Memory Of
REED, CLARENCE DARLINGTON
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
710081
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
426 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1943-03-26
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Wellington III X3696, took off 1922 26 March 1943 from Dishforth. Target Duisburg, 455 aircraft, 6 losses. This raid was a failure because 5 Oboe equipped Mosquitoes were forced to return to base due to technical difficulties, so no sky marking had been possible. As a result bombing was scattered. Last heard on W/T at 0205 when its position was roughly 60 miles East of the Yorkshire coastal town of Withernsea
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 162.
Cemetery:
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Surrey
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Arthur Clarence and Olive May Reed, of Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia. On war memorial in Marandellas, Rhodesia. Now known as Marondera, Zimbabwe.
