Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Clifford was the son of Robert March Morley and Emily Taylor Morley, of Swannington.

There is information about him, including a photograph, on the 49 Squadron Association website, which were provided courtesy of his niece, D. Wardle:

http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Morley_CW

F/Sgt Morley was sadly killed on 31st August 1944 whilst flying out of Foggia (Italy) in formation with 12 (SAAF) Sqn. One of the aircraft exploded in mid-air and it is thought that the debris from this explosion brought down the aircraft in which F/Sgt was serving. He is buried in Montecchio War Cemetery.

F/Sgt Morley was "borrowed" by 617Sqn and took part in the ill fated low level attack on the Dortmund-Ems Canal on September 16th 1943.

He was almost certainly manning the normally unoccupied front turret making a crew size of eight. It was hoped that this would add further firepower to the Lancaster to counteract the strong defences that were expected around this target.
However, this turned out to be a black night for 617Sqn who lost 5 out of 8 aircraft.
F/Sgt Morley was with one of the three surviving aircrews.

For more details on this raid see the Canal Raids website and view the Ladbergen 1943 page.

After the raid Sgt Morley wrote a letter home where he recorded the following:
"I'll never do another with them. I could have dropped when I returned off it. Only eight of us went but only three of us got back alive and well. It was a continual fight with their guns and searchlights against our guns. Its (617Sqn) nicknamed 'Death and Glory' and believe me it's right."

A selection of pages from F/S Morley's logbook shown on the website record some "shaky does", including being upside down in the target area.
They also record his operations with 617Sqn and some of his time at 70 OTU (based at Shandur, Egypt) as well as the final entry where death was presumed'.
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Submitted by A. Torcasio, 2019