Telegram reporting Sergeant Leonard William Clarke as missing, 15 January 1944

This telegram was sent to Mrs Ivy Clarke on 15 January 1944, informing her that her husband Sergeant Leonard Clarke of No. 7 Squadron, was missing following air operations on the night of 14 January 1944.

Leonard Clarke was a flight engineer on Lancasters with No. 7 Squadron. His aircraft was shot down on an operation to Brunswick on 14 January 1944. He was able to bale out but was captured and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner.