By: No.2 A.A.C.U. - 29th January 2015 at 21:00
Just as background information the No.2 A.A.C.U. 540 records as follows:
29.11.39 Gosport – Squadron Leader C.C. Clark arrived from Pembrey to take command of the unit, Squadron Leader O.I. Gilson who is posted to Headquarters No.17 Group.
30.11.39 Gosport – Squadron Leader C.C. Clark on his first solo in a Skua crashed in Fareham Creek near Bedenham. Squadron Leader Clark was killed and salvage operations are still taking place.
Trust this might help.
Tim
By: Mothminor - 28th January 2015 at 16:35
Further info on the pilot here –
By: Mothminor - 28th January 2015 at 16:18
L2981 was flown by Squadron Leader Cecil Christian Clark. It crashed on 30th November 1939 at Fareham Creek. Information re the crash is given under Sqdn Ldr Clark’s entry on this page –
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January 28, 2015 at 12:26 pm