Chaffey, George Henry (Pilot Officer)

Took off from Grimsby at 23:02 in Wellington Mk IV (Sqn code QT-Z Bomber Command) on an operation to Köln, Germany.

Lost in the North Sea off West Flanders, Belgium.

The bodies of two crewmen washed ashore one near Ostend and one near Zeebrugge several months later. They were buried locally and after the war re-buried at the Canadian Military Cemetery at Adegem, Belgium.

Killed includes Chaffey: Pilot Officer Joseph Morgan McAleavey RCAF J/15435 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 100. Flight Sergeant James William Smyth RCAF R/80105 KIA Adegem Canadian War Cemetery grave IV. F. 10. Sergeant Ian Currie Mackeand RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 88. Sergeant George Samuel Watson RAF KIA Adegem Canadian War Cemetery grave III. AB. 9.