Date:	Tuesday 14 May 1940
Time:	18:30 LT
Type:	Westland Lysander Mk II
Owner/operator:	4 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L4742
MSN:	TV-H
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Campagne du Reck near Jodoigne, Walloon Brabant -   Belgium
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Monchy-Lagache, France
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Westland Lysander L4742 (TV-H) of 4 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from a reconnaissance flight above the KW Line from base to Gembloux, Belgium, and back. Both crew killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/380): "Lysander L4742 crashed at Saint-Remy-Geest near Jodoigne, Belgium, 14 May 1940. Aircraftman 1st Class W S Rodulson and Flying Officer T C Clarke: report of deaths".

L4742 Took off at 17.20 hrs from Monchy-Lagache, France. Presumed to have been shot down by Oberlt Kupka, in a Bf 109, of 9./JG3 during sortie over Gembloux, at 18.30 hrs. (The first of his two victories in air to air combat). The Lysander crashed in the village Campagne du Reck, near St.-Remigius-Geest, near Jodoigne, Belgium,

Crew of Lysander L4742:
Flying Officer (Pilot) Terence Cecil Clarke, RAF 25129, age 25, killed in action 14/05/1940
Aircraftman 1st Class (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) William Smith Rodulson, RAF 551863, killed in action 14/05/1940,

Both crew fatalities were buried at St. Remy-Geest Churchyard, Brabant Wallon, Belgium

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 30)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File Air 81/380: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502267
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/4_squadron.html
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2896574/clarke,-terence-cecil/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2896575/rodulson,-william-smith/
6. https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/westland-lysander-l4742-te-saint-remy-geest
7. https://halifaxjd371kno.com/index.php/saint-remy-geest-lysander-l4742/
8. https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/18716/Oorlogsgraven-van-het-Gemenebest-St-Remy-Geest.htm
9. http://www.belgians-remember-them.eu/mon-brw-geest.php
10. Lysander L4742 RAF Odiham May 1939: http://www.aviationbanter.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=70870&d=1414644906 ..

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jun-2011 11:53	ThW	Added
18-Jun-2011 11:56	ThW	Updated [Departure airport]
28-Jun-2011 23:27	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
17-Jun-2013 18:24	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
30-Sep-2015 05:43	sandman56	Updated [Narrative]
15-Jul-2019 18:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Jul-2019 18:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
15-Jul-2019 22:22	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
13-Nov-2022 01:43	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]