Clerc, Jacques Oliver
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Jacques Oliver |
Surname | Clerc |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charly and Andree Clerc, of Zurich, Switzerland. Professor At University of Saskatchewan. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ808 |
Markings | BM-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sonderby (Assens) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 174. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HAS NONE THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 145 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/28197 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 433 (Porcupine) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Switzerland |
Other Memorials
Location | Helnæs Byvej, 5631 Ebberup, Denmark, Fyn Islands Provincer |
Country | Denmark |
Memorial Type | Inscribed memorial stone |
Memorial Text | Til minde om de ved helnæs 14/8/1944 nedstyrtede allierede flyvere . Helnæs sogns beboere rejste denne sten 14/8/1950 |
Miscellaneous Information
Was a Professor Charly Clerc of the University of Saskatchewan, Canada |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-08-1944 |
End Date | 17-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skipton on Swale |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Gardening off Kiel, Germany. 89 aircraft, 3 lost (3.4%). |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Sonderby on the Danish island of Fynn, SE of Assens |