CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
CLAMP |
First Name/s: |
Clifford |
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Service No/s: |
1509139 |
Service: |
RAFVR |
Branch: |
Air Gunner |
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Awards: |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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28 Jul 1941 |
Enlisted at No. 3 Recruit Centre (3 RC), Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, as Aircraftman Second Class (AC2), mustering as Air Crew Hand (General Duties). |
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29 Jul 1941 |
Transferred to the Reserve, pending call-up. |
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08 Sep 1941 |
Called up by No. 3 Recruit Centre (3 RC), Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire and immediately reported to 7 Recruit Centre (7 RC), Morecambe, Lancashire. |
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21 Oct 1941 |
No. 21 Operational Training Unit (21 OTU), Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire. |
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23 Feb 1942 |
Air Crew Reception Centre, Abbey Lodge, Regent’s Park, London. |
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08 Mar 1942 |
Promoted to Aircraftman First Class (AC1). |
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28 Feb 1943 |
No. 14 Initial Training Wing (14 ITW), Bridlington, Yorkshire, remustering as under training Air Gunner. |
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01 May 1943 |
No. 1 Elementary Air Gunners School (1 EAGS), Bridlington, Yorkshire. |
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22 May 1943 |
Promoted to Leading Aircraftman (LAC). |
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22 May 1943 |
No. 9 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit (9 (O)AFU). |
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02 Jul 1943 |
Awarded Air Gunner’s (AG) brevet, promoted to Sergeant, and remustered as Air Gunner. |
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06 Jul 1943 |
No. 30 Operational Training Unit (30 OTU), Hixon, Staffordshire; joins F S Barnsdale tbc crew. |
Wellington |
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12 Oct 1943 |
No. 11 Base, Lindholme, Yorkshire; administrative Base for 1 Group heavy bomber conversions. |
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12 Oct 1943 |
No. 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Lindholme, Yorkshire. |
Halifax |
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08 Nov 1943 |
No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School, Hemswell, Lincolnshire. |
Lancaster |
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21 Dec 1943 |
Joined No. 576 Squadron, 'B' Flight, at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire. |
Lancaster |
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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
Flight Details |
T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
Crew |
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15 Feb 1944 |
ND402 |
UL-R2 |
BERLIN |
1715 |
0030 |
7h15 |
P1 Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries |
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15 Feb 1944 |
ND402 |
UL-R2 |
BERLIN |
1715 |
0030 |
7h15 |
P1 Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries |
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15 Feb 1944 |
ND402 |
UL-R2 |
BERLIN |
1715 |
0030 |
7h15 |
P1 Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries |
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15 Feb 1944 |
ND402 |
UL-R2 |
BERLIN |
1715 |
0030 |
7h15 |
P1 Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries |
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19 Feb 1944 |
LM439 |
UL-X2 |
LEIPZIG |
2345 |
0730 |
7h45 |
P1 Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries |
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20 Feb 1944 |
LM439 |
UL-X2 |
STUTTGART |
2340 |
0740 |
8h00 |
P1 Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale |
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Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries. |
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22 Mar 1944 |
LL830 |
UL-R2 |
FRANKFURT |
1850 |
0050 |
6h00 |
P1 Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale |
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Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1,062x 4lb incendiaries |
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24 Mar 1944 |
LL830 |
UL-R2 |
BERLIN |
1855 |
0320 |
8h25 |
P1 Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale |
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Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 924x 4lb incendiaries |
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26 Mar 1944 |
LL830 |
UL-R2 |
ESSEN |
1945 |
0115 |
5h30 |
P1 Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale |
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Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1,170x 4lb incendiaries |
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30 Mar 1944 |
LL830 |
UL-R2 |
NUREMBERG |
2200 |
0615 |
8h15 |
P1 Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale |
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Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1,020x 4lb incendiaries Attacked by Bf-109; returned fire, but no damage was sustained to either aircraft |
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10 Apr 1944 |
LL830 |
UL-R2 |
AULNOYE |
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FTR |
uk |
P1 Flt Lt F.S. Barnsdale |
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Target: Marshalling yards Load: 12x 1,000lb and 4x 500lb bombs Likely take off time 2320, but this is not shown in the Squadron records. The aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Helmut Bergmann of 6/ NJG-4 in his Bf-110 at 0230 to the north of Solesmes (the second of seven bombers he shot down that night in just 46 minutes). The aircraft came down in Haussy, 10 miles E of Cambrai; there were no survivors |
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PERSONAL INFORMATION |
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Clifford Clamp was born 2 Apr 1921 at 1 Paul Street, Upper Ettingshall Road, Coseley, Bilston, Staffordshire, son of Edward Clamp (1893-1966) and Margaret ‘Ethel’ Fownes (1892-1955). He had a brother Wilfred ‘Wilf’ (1923-2001).
In September 1939 1939 he was living with his parents and brother at 11 Paul Street working as a junior railway porter.
On 11 Apr 1944 he died in air operations over enemy-occupied territory.
He is commemorated in the street where he grew up at Upper Ettingshall Methodist Church.
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