Flying Officer BERNARD CLIFTON
Service Number: 50589
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
159 Sqdn.
Date of Death
Died 29 February 1944
Age 23 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
- Additional Info Son of Hubert and Beatrice Clifton of Purston, Yorkshire. This airman died with his eight crewmates. The individually unidentified remains of only seven of the crew are buried in Plot 4, Row E, Graves 14 to 20 of RANGOON WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar. Each grave marker reads: AN AIRMAN OF THE 1939-1945 WAR, ROYAL AIR FORCE, 29TH FEBRUARY 1944, KNOWN UNTO GOD. All nine men are commemorated by name on the SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore.
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