Photo: James Pasby

Fulmodeston: Tony Hibberd

Fulmodeston: Tony Hibberd

Fulmodeston: Tony Hibberd

W/O Clementson was serving with 192 Squadron. He was a crew member of Halifax III LV955 DT-G which took off from Foulsham for electronic intelligence operations over the North Sea. On returning, it was attacked by a Junkers 88 which set the aircraft ablaze. Following a second attack, the aircraft crashed in Norfolk. One man escaped, two were injured and five died.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1945; W.R. Chorley; 1998; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 92 X

Tony Hibberd has provided the following:

Halifax LV955 DT-G had departed Foulsham at 2007 for Ops Bomber Support on 03/03/45

On its return, it was intercepted by a Luftwaffe Intruder, hit and seriously damaged

One member of the crew bailed out before the Ju88 returned for a second attack

The aircraft crashed at Ainsley’s Farm, Fulmoldeston, 4miles ENE OF Fakenham at 0059

Two injured members of the crew were dragged clear by Rescuers. Five crew were killed

This was one of the many losses incurred by Bomber Command during the Luftwaffe’s infamous Unternehmen Gisela, where dozens of enemy Intruders infiltrated the Main Force Bomber Stream returning home from Ops Kamen and inflicted serious losses down the entire East Coast of England
Nacht Jagd Ward Diaries Vol 2 Dr Theo Boiten

A stained glass window in memory of the crash was unveiled in Fulmoldeston, Norfolk.

He is remembered at North Shields on N34.10

The CWGC entry for Warrant Officer Clementson