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Name LACY
First names Clifford
Rank F/O
Service RAF
Service number 173283
Crew position Pilot
Age 26
Date of death 19/07/44
Comments Awarded the DFC
Cemetery St Ouen-en-Domprot Churchyard Marne France

Image courtesy of Joanne Real
Standing (from left to right):
W B Barlow (mid upper), V Callagher (bomb aimer),
C Lacy (pilot), J C Wellein (rear gunner)
Seated:
D J Ryan (wireless operator), L B Holmes (navigator)
Photographed by Malcolm Brooke

18/19 July, 1944; REVIGNY:
Crews, exhausted from their pre-dawn exploits were roused from their beds to be told they were 'on' again that night. Two railway targets at Aulnoye and Revigny in France had been selected for attack by 253 Lancasters and 10 Mosquitoes of 1,3,5 and 8 Groups. Both targets were hit, severing the rail lines to the battle front, although several bomb aimers reported confusion caused by fires burning near the Red Spot. At interrogation, crews once again reported an extremely large amount of fighter activity.

F/O Cliff Lacy DFC, and his experienced crew including two Aussies and one Canadian, also fell victims during the savage air battle over Revigny. The two gunners, Sgt Barlow and P/O Wellein RCAF, were the only survivors and were taken to Luft 7. The remainder lie at rest in St Ouen-en-Domprot Churchyard near Marne.

Lancaster PB231 (EA-H)
F/O C. Lacy DFC Pilot (Killed)
Sgt I. Shingles F/E (Killed)
W/O L.B. Holmes RAAF NAV (Killed)
F/S D.J. Ryan RAAF W/OP (Killed)
Sgt W.G. Barlow A/G (P.o.W.)
F/S V. Gallagher A/B (Killed)
Sgt J.C. Wellein RCAF A/G (P.o.W.)

Crew on their 16th operation