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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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10 O.T.U. Crest
05.07.1943 No. 10 O.T.U. Whitley V Fl/Sgt. Kenneth R. Clarke

Operation: Anti-Shipping Patrol

Date: 5th July 1943

Unit: No. 10 OTU (Operational Training Unit)

Type: Whitley V

Serial: BD359 (1)

Code: JL-X (1)

Base: St Eval, Cornwall.

Location: Bay of Biscay.

Pilot 1: Fl/Sgt. Kenneth Roy Clarke 413362 RAAF Age 20. Killed

Pilot 2 (Inst): F/O. James Frederick Newman 131000 RAF Age 21. Killed

Nav: Sgt. Norman Allen 1543290 RAFVR Age 19. Killed

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Henry John James Neve 1335481 RAFVR Age 20. Killed

Air/Gnr: Sgt. Eric William White 1610619 RAFVR Age 21. Killed

Air/Gnr: Sgt. Lorne Glen Stewart R/163697 RCAF Age 20. Killed (2)

Reason For Loss:

Took off at 08.56 hrs from St Eval for anti-shipping patrol over the Bay of Biscay. Had been scheduled to return at 17.40 hrs. but nothing was heard from the aircraft.

No further information - we welcome any details that you may have.

     

Left: Sgt. Lorne Stewart (courtesy Mike Harrison) Right: Memorial at St. Eval, Cornwall.

(1) There are many conflicting reports regarding these codes/numbers, we are not convinced that we have the correct version.

(2) His brother, 22 year old F/O. Walter Ferguson Stewart, was also tragically lost just 9 days later, Halifax DK228 OF 428 Squadron (also on our website)


(2) Stewart Point in Saskatchewan is named after Sgt. Stewart

     



     

Plouguerneau Communal Cemetery (archives)

Burial details:

Fl/Sgt. Kenneth Roy Clarke. Plouguerneau Communal Cemetery. Plot 2. Row 13. Grave 11. Son of Eric Roy and Doreen Thelma Clarke, of Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia.

F/O. James Frederick Newman. Plouguerneau Communal Cemetery. Plot 2. Row 13. Grave 7. Son of Frederick Henry and Florence Ada Newman, of Wembley Park, Middlesex, England.

Sgt. Norman Allen. Plouguerneau Communal Cemetery. Plot 2. Row 13. Grave 8. Son of Norman and Eleanor Allen, of Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England.

Sgt. Henry John James Neve. Plouguerneau Communal Cemetery. Plot 2. Row 13. Grave 6. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Neve, of Smarden, Kent, England.

Sgt. Eric William White. Runnymede Memorial Panel 169. Son of William C. and Lilian M. White, of Grays, Essex, England.

Sgt. Lorne Glen Stewart. Plouguerneau Communal Cemetery. Plot 2. Row 13. Grave 12. Son of Alex and Margaret (Peggy) Stewart of Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Researched for Erin McMillen, niece of Sgt. Stewart and for all the other crew relatives.

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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