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Lloyd Vernun CHADBURN DSO & Bar, DFC
This pilot flew Spitfire fighter aircraft for the RCAF / RAF (60% of all RCAF personnel served in RAF units at some point) in WWII, this record has come from the database of Mr. Halliday, a Canadian military historian.
This Pilot's entry: cause of death was kia, burial location France, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (www.cwgc.org) may have more information on family.
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According to CASPIR
F/Lt F J Clark RCAF was the pilot of Spitfire Mk IX NH-415 which had a mid-air collision with Spitfire Mk LFIX MJ-824 LV-C flown by 416 Sqn W/C LV Chadburn DFC and Bar, DSO (RCAF) over Cherbourg, France.
F/Lt Clark and W/C Chadburn were each flying with a different formation of Spitfires in the area on D-Day beaches. In the confused skies and clouds the two groups, closing at nearly 600 MPH, passed each other, but not before two aircraft collided nearly head-on. F/Lt Clark's aircraft disintegrated, both aircraft went down in flames and no parachutes were seen.
Flight Lieutenant Clark was originally buried in Benouville, France, near the crash site, was exhumed and reburied in Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
