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Whalley, Charles James (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-August-29

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Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)

Beatrice C. Whalley, Islington, London, England

Home: Islington, London, England

Service
RAF
Unit
57 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Corpus Non Animum Muto I change my body, not my spirit
Base
RAF Feltwell
Rank
Sergeant
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
Service Numbers
1326440

Took off from Feltwell at 21:00 in Wellington Mk III, BJ-701, on a bombing raid to Nuremberg Germany.

After completing the bombing run was in mid-air collision with Lancaster R-5897, the aircraft crashing together at Kalchreuth, Germany. All those aboard both aircraft were killed.

Killed on BJ-701: Warrant Officer Class 2 John Hoskin Rowney RCAF R/80558 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany, Plot 11. Row F. Coll. Grave 4-12. Flight Sergeant Kenneth Charles Brown RNZAF 404995 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Plot 11. Row F. Coll. Grave 4-12. Sergeant David George Craill RNZAF 411064 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Plot 11. Row F. Coll. Grave 4-12. Sergeant Henry William Pike RNZAF 402525 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Plot 11. Row F. Coll. Grave 4-12. Sergeant Charles James Whalley RAF 1326440 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Plot 11. Row F. Coll. Grave 4-12.

Killed in Lancaster R-5897: Sergeant John Breivis RCAF R/132533 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave Plot 11. Row F. Graves 4-12. Sergeant John Breivis RCAF R/132533 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave Plot 11. Row F. Graves 4-12. Flight Sergeant Edward George Burton RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 11. Row F. Grave 1. Sergeant Ernest Claude Ibbotson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. F. 4-12. Sergeant Kent Newbery RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Plot 11. Row F. Grave 3. Sergeant James Duckett Osbaldeston RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. F. 4-12. Sergeant Gilbert Aitken Swan RAAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Plot 11. Row F. Grave 2.

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