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Sergeant Clifford Adams was serving as
Flight Engineer on board Halifax Mk.III LW715 coded KW-Q during an operation to bomb
enemy shipping in Boulogne Harbour
on the night June 15/16 1944.
The aircraft left Tholthorpe at 2045hrs and was
hit by flak.
It sustained
a hit to the starboard inner engine
which caused the
Halifax
to catch
fire,
it
crashed at Desvres
(Pas-de-Calais) 20 km SE of Boulogne.
Sergeants Adams and McEvoy
were
killed and now
rest in the Marquise Communal Cemetery.
The crew consisted of:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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F/O E.E. Kirk - Evaded |
RCAF |
Pilot |
- |
- |
|
Sgt Clifford Adams |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Doncaster, Yorkshire |
21 |
|
F/O H.G. Facey - POW |
RCAF |
Navigator |
- |
- |
|
F/O Dave Stubbs - POW |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
- |
- |
|
F/O F.D. Hagen - Evaded |
RCAF |
W/Op/AG |
- |
- |
|
Sgt Donald McEvoy - DFM |
RCAF |
Mid Upper Gunner |
Lindsay, Ontario |
21 |
|
F/Sgt J. Furneaux - Evaded |
RCAF |
Mid Under Gunner |
- |
- |
|
P/O O.R. Collins - Evaded. |
RCAF |
Rear Gunner |
- |
- |
Sergeant
Clifford Adams RAFVR was the son of Doris Lilian Adams of
Doncaster,
Yorkshire.
F/O
Stubbs and F/O Facey were taken to
POW
Camp L3.
Sergeant McEvoy was awarded a DFM on 29/8/1944
for destroying two enemy aircraft in operations in June 1944,
his DFM
was
sent to his next of kin on 11/6/1946.
Photo
courtesy of
Denise Pannell,
research by Linda Ibrom.
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