Clark Darwin Jackson

Monuments

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

ISOB Darwin J. Clark

Name:

Darwin Jackson Clark

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

R/122070

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1942-12-12

State:

Washington

Cemetery:

Halton (St. Michael) Churchyard, Buckinghamshire, England

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

127

Decoration:

Comments:

Darwin Jackson Clark was born on July 26, 1923, in Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington. He was the son of William H. Clark and Marian Clark; nephew of Josephine Johnston, of Seattle, Washington.

Darwin served in the #26 Operational Training Unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Sergeant during World War II. He was on board Vickers Wellington X9622 when it took off from RAF Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, for a training flight on the 11th of December 1942.

At approximately 22:15hrs, the bomber was seen in the circuit, but as it turned towards the runway, it stalled and dived into the ground. The court of inquiry suggested that a film of rain across the windscreen may have distorted the pilot's vision. He died the next day in hospital.

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