LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Clement Ralph GREENWELL
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 2206988 (RAFVR)
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 103 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Elsham Wolds
Died: Air Operations: (No. 103 Squadron Lancaster III aircraft JB747), Germany, 3 January 1944, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ralph Clement and Maria Greenwell; Husband of Constance Greenwell, of Gorton, Manchester
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Commemorative Roll, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
On 3 January 1944, Lancaster JB747 took off from Elsham Wolds at 0011 hours to attack Berlin and later crashed at Zehrensdorf 6 km south east of Zossen, killing all seven crew members.
The crew members of JB747 were:
Sergeant John William Bateman (14821920 (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator)
Sergeant Ronald Gordon Creber (1354856) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Clement Ralph Greenwell (2206988) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Harry Arthur Joint (1522494) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Alfred Jack Larby (RAFVR) (1586818) (Air Bomber)
Flying Officer George Stapleford Palin (J/14572) (RCAF) (Navigator)
Warrant Officer Edgar Thomas Townsend (415207) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll On-Line Records
Chorley W R, Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 5 Aircraft and Aircrew Losses 1944, Midland Counties Publications, 1997
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Bibliography:
Charlwood, D.E.C. (Donald Ernest Cameron) (408794) No Moon Tonight (Angus and Robertson 1956), Penguin Ringwood VIC, 3134, 1991