Identity
Person No.
3951
Service No.
47829
Last Name
First Name
Cecil
Initials
C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, 4 crew (1 RAAF), crew's bodies found and buried at Rad el Kanayas, in Martin Maryland Mk I/II #AH354. Took off on 5 August 1941 to carry out an operational mission at Derna, Cyrenaica. The pilots of accompanying aircraft reported that AH 354 was caught in 10 search lights and shot down in flames at 2200 hours on 5th August., the aircraft crashing into the sea east of Derna. Crew: SAAF Lt Clarkson, C L (Pilot) RAAF 407028 Sgt Fuller, C J (Observer) SAAF Sgt Green, G C (Air Gunner) SAAF Sgt Read, H A (Air Gunner) It was later reported that some bodies from AH 354 had been recovered and buried but the graves could not be located. The body of Sgt Read (SAAF) was recovered and is buried in the El Alamein War Cemetery
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Column 245.
Unit History
Notes
Son of Cecil Clarkson, of 65 Windermere Road, Durban. Husband of Kathleen Muriel Clarkson, of Durban. Born Stockport, England. A clerk in City Treasury Durban
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "24 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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