Chaplin, Robert (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

51 Sqn (Swift And Sure) RAF Snaith.

Halifax Mk III MZ-565 MH-O was shot down by night fighter at Kemexhe, Liege, during a attack on Montzen, Belgium.

Killed includes Chaplin: Sergeant Robert Edward Burgum RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery grave 6. A. 15. Sergeant William Royle Kinder RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery [Coll. grave 6. A. 1-4. Sergeant Robert Bernard Laroche RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. A. 1-4. Flight Sergeant Joseph Herbert Patrick O'Neill RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. A. 1-4. Sergeant Alec White RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery grave 6. A. 14. Sergeant Stanley White RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery grave 6. A. 13.

Warrant Officer Class 2 Chaplin was initially buried at St Truiden, near the crash site, but later exhumed and re-buried at the War Cemetery, Heverlee, Brabant, Belgium.

There were two other 51 Sqn Halifax aircraft lost in this area on this operation, LV 783 MH-Z and LW 479 MH-E

Please see Sheehan, EF for casualty list on LV 783. There were 4 KIA and 3 POW on LW 479, including Sergeant JE Sinclair (R/199326)(RCAF) who managed to bale and was taken Prisoner of War. Detail from aviation-safety.net.