Morley, Charles Richard

Killed in Action 1941-08-16

Birth Date: 1914

Born:

Son of Frank William and Florence May Morley.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

44 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/69579

Home
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First Burial
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44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina Regis lusta). Hampden aircraft AE 239 failed to return from a bombing operation. Three of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.Addendum: Wellington aircraft BJ 583 lost whilst laying mines off Heligoland. FS.s P.E. Howe, A.J. Gerein, P/O. A.A. Angel (RAF), and Sgt. R.M. Wilkinson (RAF) were also killed.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Hampden AE239

Sergeant Morley, Charles Richard (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Action
1941-August-16
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Handley Page Hampden

(RCAF Photo via Chris Charland)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Handley Page Hampden (Serial No. P5428), of No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Patricia Bay, British Columbia, in the torpedo-bomber training role between May 1942 and February 1944.
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Handley Page developed a modern stressed-skin mid-wing monoplane, powered by Bristol Pegasus radial air cooled engines, with its first flight in 1936. It had the most advanced wings available at the time, giving it a remarkably low landing speed of 73 mph for an aircraft of its size, with a top speed of 265 mph. The Hampden had a short, narrow but tall main fuselage with a very slender tail unit. This configuration led to the nicknames "Flying Panhandle" and "Flying Suitcase". At the end of the war, no complete or partial Hampden aircraft were retained for museum display.

The Hampden served in the early stages of the war, bearing the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and in the first 1000-bomber raid on Cologne.In Canada, Hampdens were built by six companies that formed Associated Aircraft. There were three in Ontario and three in Quebec, hence they were identified as the Ontario Group and Quebec Group. They supplied all the the components to the two assembly plants. The Ontario Group's assembly plant was at the Malton Airport, while the Quebec group's assembly plant was at the St. Hubert Airport. Canadian Museum of Flight and Harold A Skaarup web page

YouTube Handley Page Hampden in Flight

Wikipedia Wikipedia Hampden Bomber

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Kestrel Publications Hampden - Kestrel Publications