Clive Prosdocimi Luther

1914 - 1943  (29 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Clive Prosdocimi Luther
  Born	20 May 1914	Sydney, NSW, Australia   [1, 2]
  Baptized	20 Sep 1914	North Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia   [3]
  	St Thomas'
  Gender	Male
  Registration	1936	20 Carabella St, Kirribilli, Sydney, NSW, Australia   [4]
  salesman - his mother lived here also
  Military Service	9 Nov 1941  [5]
  WW2 †KIA 26 Dec 1943 Stompetoren, Holland. Enlisted 9 Nov 1941 Sydney, NSW. NOK Elaine Luther. Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer - 7 Sqn RAF
  http://www.basher82.nl/Data/stompetoren/luther.htm: Clive Prosdocimi Luther was born on 20 May 1914 in Sydney, New South Wales, son of Charles Royes and Virginia Luther. He married Elaine Dora Luther and they moved to Lindfield, where he held a job as an insurance agent. Clive enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 9 November 1941. After training he became a mid up gunner on a Lancaster bomber with 7 Sqn RAF. His crew consisted of: F/O Francis Rush (Pilot) F/O William Scott (Bomb Aimer) F/O Clive Luther (Mid Upper Gunner) Sgt John S. Ogg (Flt. Engineer) Sgt Kenneth Wightman (Navigator) Sgt Henry Bushell (Wireless Operator) Sgt William Buntain (Rear Gunner) F/O Francis Rush, F/O William Scott and F/O Clive Luther were Australians, the rest of the crew were all English. On December 16th, 1943 they took off from their base at Oakington in Cambridgeshire, in their Lancaster. The target was Berlin and this was the 6th mission in what was called the Battle for Berlin. Bomber Command paid repeated visits to the German capital late 1943 through early 1944. Their Lancaster was claimed by Lt Heinz Rolland at 18.02 near the city of Alkmaar. The plane crashed near Stompetoren, a few kilometers to the east of Alkmaar. The whole crew except one was killed. Sgt John Ogg bailed out of the Lancaster and was found by a farmer. He was taken to Broek where he was given civilian clothes and a Dutch ID card. The resistance tried to get him back to England via the escape routes. After Christmas they took him to Amsterdam, but an attempt to move him further along the line was unsuccessful. Sgt. Ogg stayed in Rotterdam, working on a farm, until the liberation. At practically the same time that F/O Luther's plane was shot down, another Lancaster of 7 squadron, captained by W/O Watson, was shot down north east of Lemmer. On 4 May 1994, the people of Stompetoren dedicated this plaque to the crew that lie buried in the town.
  	Memorial to RAAF and RAF airmen in Stompetoren, Holland
  Died	16 Dec 1943	Stompetoren, North Holland, Netherlands
  Buried	Aft 16 Dec 1943	Oterleek Churchyard, Stompetoren, North Holland, Netherlands
  	Oterleek (Stomperten) Churchyard, Grave 1
  		Flying Officer Clive Prosdocimi Luther killed in action 16 December 1943 Plot: Grave 1
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: Wigand von Lüder Luther b. 1260 Maternal Line: Johanne Jensdatter b. 1780
  Person ID	I5419	Roy~Royes | Royes
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Charles Royes Luther           b. 15 Nov 1876, Vale of Avoca, Hartley, NSW, Australia           d. 29 Jul 1957, Oberon, NSW, Australia  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Virginia Prosdocimi           b. 25 Dec 1880, North Quay, Brisbane, QLD, Australia           d. 2 Oct 1959, Canberra, ACT, Australia  (Age 78 years)
  Married	24 Nov 1908	Canterbury, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  Family ID	F448	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elaine Dora Beard           b. 11 Dec 1918           d. 29 May 2020, England  (Age 101 years)
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2018
  Family ID	F1855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 20 May 1914 - Sydney, NSW, Australia Baptized - 20 Sep 1914 - North Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia Registration - Array - 1936 - 20 Carabella St, Kirribilli, Sydney, NSW, Australia Died - 16 Dec 1943 - Stompetoren, North Holland, Netherlands Buried - Aft 16 Dec 1943 - Oterleek Churchyard, Stompetoren, North Holland, Netherlands  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S482] Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945, (Ancestry.com). [S503] Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3). [S503] Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011, (Ancestry.com). [S12] Australian Electoral Rolls 1901-1980, Ancestry.com, NSW>1936>North Sydney>Milson's Point. [S56] WW2 Nominal Roll Australia, Commonwealth of Australia.