Russell Clark was born on 5th June 1918 and was the son of Gordon and Bessie Clark of Erickson, British Columbia, Canada. Little is known about his life prior to enlisting into the RCAF. After completing his training he was posted to 408 Squadron in September 1943. It is very likely that he flew his first "Dickie" operational flight in early October 1943 (either on 7th/8th or 8th/9th October). He was the pilot of Lancaster DS737 when it crashed on the North Yorkshire Moors. At the time of the crash he had a total of 322 hours solo flying to his name with 93 hours being on the Lancaster type and 62 hours of those being at night. His Wireless Operator, Les Moran's logbook states that he had flown "EQ-C" "The Countess" operationally for just short of 55 hours. Further details of their known operational flights is given on a seperate webpage. As a result of the crash of Lancaster DS737 on 16th December 1943 he was seriously injured and was admitted to Northallerton's Friarage Hospital where he sadly died on 21st December 1943. He was twenty five years old.

F/O Russell Clark is buried at Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire.