William Paterson Clapham
Flight Sergeant · 1022894 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 31 March 1944
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Wireless operator, LV923 ZL-M — Crashed on return - 31 March 1944 Died
Crew & operations
Flew as Wireless operator with No. 427 Squadron (Lion).
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft LV923 ZL-M (Handley Page Halifax) — Crashed on return
Crew: Joseph Charles Corbally (Bomb aimer) · John Morrison (Flight engineer) · Lloyd Henry Smith (Mid-upper gunner) · William Ernest Paul Soeder (Navigator) · George Johnstone Laird (Pilot) · James Moffat (Rear gunner) · Arthur John Stainton (Second pilot)
Source: CWGC casualty record: CLAPHAM, WILLIAM PATERSON → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission