Birth Date: unkown date (age unknown)
Beatrice C. Whalley, Islington, London, England
Home: Islington, London, England
Marshal | |
Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
Air Marshal | A/M |
Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
Air Commodore | A/C |
Group Captain | G/C |
Wing Commander | W/C |
Squadron Leader | S/L |
Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
Flying Officer | F/O |
Pilot Officer | P/O |
Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
Flight Sergeant | FS |
Sergeant | SGT |
Corporal | CPL |
Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
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.