In memory of

Pilot Officer

Clifford Lloyd Depper

who died on 22 Jan 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 433 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number J86266
  Date of death 19440122
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J86266 Pilot Officer (No. 433 Porcupine Squadron RCAF wireless air gunner) Clifford Lloyd Depper (b.1921) of Saskatoon was KIA 19440122 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial just west of London, England, for airmen from the north European theatre who died with no known grave. Depper's Halifax sent a distress call from near Arras, France, during a night raid on Magdeburg, Germany, but was not found. He was the son of Joseph and Hanna (Mays) Depper who came from England and later retired to New Westminster, British Columbia. Clifford attended Mayfair school and Bedford Road collegiate and was working as an appliance repairman when he enlisted at Saskatoon early in 1941.

JH Seymour died on the same flight.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Depper Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.55°N / 109.1°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74F11
  Geo-memorial details North of Lloyd Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19210123
  Place of birth Saskatoon    
  Date of enlistment 19410314
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
  Occupation repairman
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