Roy Arnold Clark R/65425 Warrant Officer 407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force August 28, 1920 Liverpool, Queens Co., Nova Scotia September 11, 1940 Halifax, Nova Scotia Ellershouse, Hants Co., Nova Scotia 19 5 feet, 11 inches Medium Brown Dark Brown Labourer United Church Single Roy Arnold Clark (Father) Liverpool, Nova SCoria August 20, 1943 22 St. Augustine Churchyard Heanton Punchardon, North Devon District, Devon, England Row Q Grave 7 Commemorated on Page 146 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 27 Roy Arnold Clark was the son of Roy Arnold Clark (1894-1951) and Helen Dorothy (Robinsin) Clark (1893-1927), of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was the brother of Murray Bruce Clark (1923- 2011). Roy trained in Canada receiving his Wireless Operator’s Badge on June 23,1941, and his Air Gunner’s Badge on July 21, 1941. He embarked Canada on August 5, 1941, and disembarked in the United Kingdom on August 14, 1941. In England he served with No 1 Signals School, 415 Squadron, 1401 Meteorological Flight, and was assigned to 407 Squadron on April 28, 1943. RCAF 407 Squadron, a part of RAF Coastal Command, was tasked with protecting friendly shipping from possible German u-boat attacks. On August 20, 1943, Roy was one of five crew members on Vickers Wellington (#MP652) aircraft of 407 Squadron on air operation from RAF Chivenor. On returning to RAF Chivenor, it was redirected to another landing situation. The Wellington aircraft hit high ground and, as a result, crashed at Buncombe Hill in Somerset, killing the entire five-men crew, including Warrant Officer Roy Arnold Clark. The five airmen who perished in the accident were RCAF Warrant Officer Class I James Harold Clancy, (Windsor, Ontario) Age 25 RCAF Warrant Officer Roy Arnold Clark, (Liverpool, Nova Scotia) Age 22 RCAF Flying Officer Robert Carl Dalgleish, (Ontario) Age 23 RCAF Flying Officer Gordon Wallace Hirtle, (Liverpool, Nova Scotia) Age 23, and RCAF Pilot Officer Arthur Harold Peters. (Ontario) Age 22 The five crew members are buried in the St. Augustine Churchyard, Heanton Punchardon, North Devon District, Devon, England. Roy Arnold Clark and Gordon Wallace Hirtle were both born in Liverpool, Queens Co., Nova Scotia. Both would be assigned to 407 RCAF Squadron and were part of the crew Vickers Wellington (#MP652). They are buried beside each other in graves 6 and 7.

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave