Alfred Robert Clarke
Memorial: Staple Hill - Page Park
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Sergeant (Observer)
Parents: Robert and Mary Clarke
Home address: Worle, Somerset
Date of birth: 1917
Date of death: 23/12/1940
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Old Catton (St. Margaret) Churchyard, Norfolk and commemorated on Staple Hill War Memorial
Age: 23
Further information:
Alfred served with 139 Squadron. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Alfred’s Bristol Blenheim took off from Horsham St. Faith airfield Norfolk at 18.35 hrs for a night raid on Ostend. However, the aircraft was clearly in trouble and turned back arriving more than an hour before the other aircraft. The crew released a distress flare as the Blenheim circled and then it collided with the tops of some trees and crashed at 19.59 hrs at Manor Farm, Little Plumstead, 5 miles NE of Norwich. Alfred died along with the pilot but a 3rd member of the crew survived.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/5836/