CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
CLEWLEY |
First Name/s: |
George Christopher |
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Service No/s: |
R103138 J87390 |
Service: |
RCAF |
Branch: |
Pilot |
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Awards: |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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01 Jun 1941 |
Enlisted - date in Jun 41 unknown |
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01 Jul 1941 |
Initial Training Wing No. 7 RMTS Windsor, Ontario. Approximate date shown |
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01 Dec 1941 |
No.7 EFTS Windsor, ONT. Approximate date shown |
Finch, Cornell |
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22 Dec 1941 |
No.2 Service Flying Training School, Uplands, ONT (until 9 Apr 1942) |
Harvard? |
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09 Apr 1942 |
Promoted to Sgt |
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01 May 1942 |
Served as an instructor. Approximate date given. |
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09 Apr 1943 |
Promoted to Flt Sgt - date unknown |
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09 Apr 1944 |
Promoted to WO1 - date unknown |
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01 Jun 1944 |
Promoted to Pilot Officer - date unknown |
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02 Jun 1944 |
Appointed to commission to be Plt Off from WO1 2 Jun 44 (CG Vol 78 4 Nov 44, p4596) |
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03 Jul 1944 |
11 Base, Lindholme for Heavy Conversion Unit |
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04 Jul 1944 |
1662 Heavy Conversion Unit. Blyton |
Halifax |
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26 Aug 1944 |
Lancaster Finishing School, Hemswell |
Lancaster |
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30 Aug 1944 |
576 Squadron, 'A' Flight, Elsham Wolds |
Lancaster |
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01 Sep 1944 |
Set Rank from Flight Record |
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07 Oct 1944 |
Transferred 166 Sqn, Kirmington with rest of his crew. Ops on: |
Lancaster |
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08 Nov 1945 |
Transferred to reserve in RCAF (Reserve), General Section, Class E from T/Fg Off 8 Nov 45 (CG Vol 80 16 Mar 46, p72) |
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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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01 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
4h30 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
Cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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03 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
4h55 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
Night cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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13 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
1h30 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
Bombing practice. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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16 Sep 1944 |
LM294 |
UL-G2 |
LEEUWARDEN |
0020 |
0350 |
3h30 |
P1 Sqn Ldr B.A. Templeman-Rooke |
NOTES: |
Target: Luftwaffe airfield. Flown in support of Operation MARKET GARDEN. Load: 20x 500lb bombs. This was the crew's skipper, Clewley's, 'second dickie' flight. There is a conflict of information between Templeman-Rooke's logbook and the Squadron ORB. I have listed the crew as given by T-Rooke. The ORB gives the crew as: T-Rooke, Ashton, Strand, Sollis, Holmes, Boyd, and West; T-Rooke's regular 'crew'. Barr's logbook also supports T-Rooke's. |
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18 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
2h50 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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19 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
0h35 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
Fighter affiliation. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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21 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
2h15 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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22 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
2h20 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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28 Sep 1944 |
NF975 |
UL-J2 |
CALAIS |
0800 |
1125 |
3h25 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Military installations to the south-east of the town. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. The target was obscured by cloud so the Master Bomber ordered crews to return to base with their bombs. |
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03 Oct 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
WESTKAPELLE |
1310 |
1610 |
3h00 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Walcheren Island sea wall. Flown in support of Operation INFATUATE. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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04 Oct 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
3h45 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known. This was the crew's last flight on 576 Squadron before being posted to 166 Squadron at Kirmington. |
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PERSONAL INFORMATION |
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Personal Records Restricted - not available to the public |
PHOTOS & DOCUMENTS |
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Personal Documents Restricted - not available to the public |
