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Roger Bentley Clements is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

Name:

Roger Bentley Clements

Rank:

Warrant Officer Second Class

Serial Number:

R/67894

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1942-09-07

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Alamein Memorial, El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt

Plot:

Column 264

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

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Roger Bentley Clements was born on October 2, 1917, in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas. He was the son of W. D. and Tillie Clements.

Roger served in the 37 (R.A.F.) Squadron (Middle East Command) of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Warrant Officer Class II (Air Observer) during World War II. He was Killed in Action with his entire crew at the age of 25 when his Vickers Wellington MK 1C (ES989) was lost without a trace during a bombing raid on Tobruk, Libya. He is commemorated in column 264 at the Alamein Memorial in Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt, and on a commemorative panel at the Bomber Command Museum in Nanton, Canada.

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