Wilfred went out to South Africa to join the BSA Police. However, on the outbreak of war he returned to England and joined the RAF. Much of his flying training was undertaken in the USA and in Canada, where he obtained his “wings. Returning to this country he was posted to 12 Squadron and at the time of his last flight was pilot of a Lancaster bomber.

His aircraft, Lancaster III ED714 [PH-K], took off from RAF Wickenby on the night of 13^th April for operations over Germany and failed to return having crashed in the vicinity of Le Mans (Sarthe) France in the early hours of Wednesday 14^th April 1943 where the crew are all buried together in Le Mans West Cemetery, Sarthe, France.

Son of Frederick Clark & of Elizabeth Mercedes Clark, Barcelona, Spain

A copy of this story may be downloaded here.

See also the Commonwealth War Graves Commission permanent digital memorial, ‘Evermore: Stories of the fallen’  relating to:- Sergeant Wilfred Ernest Fuller CLARK