Lancaster LM 136 of 626 Sqn RAF took off from RAF Station Wickenby, Lincolnshire, UK, at 2355 hours on 20 July 1944 to bomb Courtrai, West Belgium. LM136 was one of two 626 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation.
The aircraft crashed in the North Sea, and all the crew were killed.
Flt Sgt Robertson body was washed ashore and he is buried in the Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France. St Omer is a large town 45kms south east of Calais. Sgt Clarke is buried in the Middlekerke Communal Cemetery, Belgium. The cemetery is 9kms south west of Ostend.
The crew of Lancaster LM136 (Picture: Aircrews Remembered)
