Service Details
Name:
 REED
Given Name:
 CLARENCE DARLINGTON
Initials:
 C D
Service No:
 710081
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 426 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-03-26
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Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Wellington III X3696, took off 1922 26 March 1943 from Dishforth. Target Duisburg, 455 aircraft, 6 losses. This raid was a failure because 5 Oboe equipped Mosquitoes were forced to return to base due to technical difficulties, so no sky marking had been possible. As a result bombing was scattered. Last heard on W/T at 0205 when its position was roughly 60 miles East of the Yorkshire coastal town of Withernsea
Additional
Information:
Son of Arthur Clarence and Olive May Reed, of Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia. On war memorial in Marandellas, Rhodesia. Now known as Marondera, Zimbabwe.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 162.

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