Clark, Douglas (service no. 02061936)
Title
Clark, Douglas (service no. 02061936)
Description
Two items. An oral history interview with Douglas Clark (b.1936).
grew up in Lincolnshire and witnessed the construction of RAF Ludford Magna. The collection also contains remains of a crashed Lancaster.
The collection was catalogued by John England.
grew up in Lincolnshire and witnessed the construction of RAF Ludford Magna. The collection also contains remains of a crashed Lancaster.
The collection was catalogued by John England.
Date
2025-09-01
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
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Identifier
Clark, D-3
Collection Items
Fragments of crashed Lancaster
Label relating to Lancaster JB715 as follows:
Crashed at Hainton on 16 December 1943 at 23.45hrs
PILOT - Flt Sgt H Ross - Age 23 years
NAVIGATOR - Flt Lieutenant Arthur Walker - Age 31yrs 'POP' -
From Bishops Castle in Shropshire - buried in…
Crashed at Hainton on 16 December 1943 at 23.45hrs
PILOT - Flt Sgt H Ross - Age 23 years
NAVIGATOR - Flt Lieutenant Arthur Walker - Age 31yrs 'POP' -
From Bishops Castle in Shropshire - buried in…
Interview with Douglas Clark
Doug Clark grew up in Lincolnshire and witnessed the construction of RAF Ludford Magna. He saw the wreckage of a Lancaster crash and recalled the time when Lancasters filled the sky. After he left school, he joined the Royal Observer Corps. He went…
Collection Tree
- Clark, Douglas (service no. 02061936)