VIERITZ, Clifford Alexander
| Service Number: | 434128 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 October 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 622 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 August 1924 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Stattmatten, France, North West Europe, 12 September 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sessenheim Communal Cemetery Grave 1 Headstone Inscription "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, Murray Bridge 622 Squadron Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 434128 | |
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| 15 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434128, No. 622 Squadron (RAF), Brisbane, Qld. | |
| 15 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434128 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Gustav Adolf and Jessie Millar VIERITZ, of Darra, Queensland, Australia.
Flight Sergeant C. A. Vieritz, who was previously reported missing in air operations, is now presumed to have lost his life. He was a son of the late Corporal G. A. Vieritz, and of Mrs Vieritz, of Darra.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Lancaster NF965 of Number 622 Squadron RAF was hit by flak and collided in the air with LM512 of Number 625 Squadron RAF with both aircraft crashing near the village of Stattmatten in France - target: Frankfurt, Germany
LM512
RAAF 417807 Flying Officer Cornish (Captain - Pilot)
RAAF 424566 Flight Sergeant Douglas (Wireless Air Gunner)
RAF Flight Sergeant R E L Askie (Navigator)
RAF Sergeant R E Evans (Air Bomber)
RAF Sergeant R G Barker (Mid Upper Gunner)
RAF Sergeant A B O’Connor (Rear Gunner)
RAF Sergeant C H Rose (Flight Engineer)
RAF Pilot Officer D S Tointon (2nd Pilot)
NF965
RAAF 434128 Flight Sergeant Vieritz (Wireless Air Gunner)
RAAF 424417 Flying Officer Jamieson (Navigator)
RAF Sergeant S Minnis (Mid Upper Gunner)
RAF Sergeant D T Forest (Rear Gunner)
RAF Flying Officer G W Owen Captain (Pilot)
RAF Sergeant W A Drewett (Flight Engineer
RAF Flying Officer O J Tofield (Air Bomber) - buried in the Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium
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