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Military service
Service number:
40892
Age:
26
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
83 Sqdn.
Death:
November 4, 1940
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Arthur and Grace Connor; husband of Betty Cave Connor (nee Collyer).
Additional citations
Distinguished Flying Cross
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Clare Arthur Hovemden Connor
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Photo of Clare Arthur Hovemden
Clare Connor, walking in downtown Toronto. -
Photo of Clare Arthur Hovemden (2)
Clare Connor at a formal dress ball. -
St. Cuthbert's Church
St. Cuthbert's Church, in Brattleby, Lincolnshire, Clare Connor is buried in the church yard there. -
Grave
Clare Connor's grave. -
Photo of Mr. and Mrs Clare Arthur Hovemden
Clare Connor and his wife Betty walk to Buckingham Palace for Connor's investiture. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross while his radio operator, John Hannah, was presented with the Victoria Cross. -
Photo of Clare Arthur Hovemden (3)
A portrait of Flying Officer Clare Connor. -
Photo of Clare Arthur Hovemden (4)
Flying Officer Clare Connor (r) shakes the hand of his radio operator John Hannah, in front of Buckingham Palace, where the two men received medals from King George in a private investiture. -
Photo of Clare Arthur Hovemden (5)
Flying Officer Clare Connor (r) and his radio operator John Hannah stand in front of the Hampton Bomber Connor had been piloting during a bombing mission over Antwerp. The plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire but Connor managed to fly it back to RAF Scampton, earning himself the Distinguished Flying Cross and Hannah the Victoria Cross. -
Photo of Clare Arthur Hovemden (6)
Flying Officer Clare Connor. -
Photo of Clare Arthur Hovemden (7)
Flying Officer Clare Connor. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Clare Arthur Hovemden Connor is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Clare Arthur Hovemden Connor is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1940. Submitted from the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Grave Stone -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clare Arthur Hovemden Connor
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clare Arthur Hovemden Connor
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clare Arthur Hovemden Connor
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clare Arthur Hovemden Connor
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clare Arthur Hovemden Connor
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clare Arthur Hovemden Connor
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clare Arthur Hovemden Connor
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clare Arthur Hovemden Connor
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clare Arthur Hovemden Connor
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 602 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRATTLEBY (ST. CUTHBERT) CHURCHYARD Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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