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Medhurst, Charles Frederick (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-January-16

Birth Date: 1918-October-31 (age 25)

Born: Foremost, Medicine Hat Census Division, Alberta, Canada

Son of Richard Paul Medhurst and Janet Lawson (nee Dick) Medhurst, of Foremost, Alberta

Husband of Beatrice E (nee Adams) Medhurst, of Calgary, Alberta

Home: Foremost, Alberta

Service
RCAF
Unit
410 (F) Sqn- Squadron
Noctivaga Wandering by Night
Base
RAF Castle Camps
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/8410

Mosquito NF.Mk. XIII HK431

Operational 1944-January-16 to 1944-January-16

410 (F) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Castle Camps

410 Cougar Squadron (Noctivaga) RAF Castle Camps. Mosquito XIII aircraft MK 431 returning from a training flight, hit a tree on approach for landing. The aircraft crashed and burned near the airfield at Castel Camps, Cambridgeshire, England with the loss of both aircrew

Flying Officer A B Henderson (RCAF) and Flight Lieutenant C F Medhurst (RCAF) were both killed in this training flying accident

General Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

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Home
Google MapForemost, Alberta
Burial
Google MapSaffron Walden Cemetery
Compartment 39 Grave 20

Mosquito HK431

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