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Shipman, Charles Leslie (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-December-05

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)

Service
RCAF
Unit
426 (B) Sqn- Squadron
On wings of fire
Rank
Flying Officer
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
Navigator
Service Numbers
J/40063
PoW: 6729

Halifax B.Mk.VII LW204

Bombing Soest Germany 1944-December-05 to 1944-December-05

(B) Sqn (RCAF) Linton-on-Ouse

Took off from Linton-on-Ouse at 17:53 in Halifax Mk VIII (Sqn code: OW-K Bomber Command) on an operation to Soest Germany.

Shot down and crashed near Rheinberg Germany.

Sergeant Knoke RCAF was initially buried in Lohne Communal Cemetery. Reinterred 15 August 1947. (CWGC)

Sergeant McLaren RCAF and Flt Sergeant Popadiuk RCAF were part of Trupp 57. They arrived at Bankau on 3 January 1945. (The Long Road - Oliver Clutton-Brock)

Flt Lt Percy Gilbert Chipman RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number 6640.

Fg Off Charles Leslie Shipman RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number 6729

Fg Off Percy Harold Harris RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number 6641.

Sergeant Donald Neil McLaren RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kreuzburg Upper Silesia/Stalag 3A Luckenwalde/PoW Number 1339.

Flt Sergeant John Popadiuk RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kreuzburg Upper Silesia/Stalag 3A Luckenwalde/PoW Number 1342

RCAF Roundel Questionaire for Ex-POW Flying Officer Shipman

Target
Google MapSoest Germany

Halifax LW204

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