Phillips, Clifford Stanley
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Clifford Stanley |
Surname | Phillips |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-05-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW682 |
Markings | OW-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Geraardsbergen Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 4. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 225 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/28259 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 426 (Thunderbird) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Phillips Lake, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Gabriels Petrol Stn, Astridlaan (N42), Geraardsbergen, Oost Flanders Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Recovered aircraft engine, inscribed metal sculpture & stencilled information board |
Memorial Text |
Location | Adjacent to Village Hall, Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with Inscribed Metal Plaque & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Canadian aircrew of 425 and 426 Sqns RCAF who served at RAF Dishforth, 1942-1945 |
Location | Outside Village Hall, Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of Canadian personnel who served at RAF Linton on Ouse during WW2, including 408 and 426 Sqns RCAF |
Miscellaneous Information
Aluminium from this aircraft forms part of the Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park, London and also the International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1842/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1842/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-05-1944 |
End Date | 13-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (77% moon) |
Operation | Leuven/ Louvain- to bomb railway yards. 120 aircraft, 5 losses (4.2%). A more accurate bombing raid than the previous night with considerable damage to the yards. According to the local report, repairs were still being carried out some six months later. Civilian casualties were heavy with 160 deaths and 208 injured. Part of the local University, 8 factories, 4 convents and a church were also damaged |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Schendelbeke, Belgium |