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213338 Sgt. Glafcos Clerides MID Royal Air Force A Flt. 115 Squadron from:Nicosia, Cyprus Glafcos Clerides joined the RAF and flew bombing missions as a tail gunner during World War II. He was among about 30,000 Cypriot volunteers who fought for the Allies. In 1942 his airplane was shot down over Germany and he was captured. He remained a prisoner of war until the end of the war. His name was mentioned in dispatches for distinguished services. They flew in a Wellington Bomber BJ70 KO-K from A flight, 115 Squadron in a 403 bomber raid on Hamburg. He was the wireless operator. On the return journey they were hit by AA Fire and he bailed out thinking everyone else was dead as his intercom set wasn't working. The pilot managed to get the aircraft going again but had no instruments to navigate. They found they were heading back to Hamburg and turned away but were hit again by AA guns as they passed Heligoland. Eventually ditched but had no sos flares and 3 crew died before last 2 were rescued by a German seaplane. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.