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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Roger Bentley Clements

Hometown

Goldthwaite, Texas

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS AN AIR OBSERVER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 37 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (MIDDLE EAST COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK 1C (ES989) WAS LOST WITHOUT A TRACE DURING A BOMBING RAID TO TOBRUK, LIBYA ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1942. COMMEMORATED ON COLUMN 264 AT THE ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY, EL ALAMEIN, MATRUH, EGYPT.