Chapman, Kenneth Louis (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-November-06

Flying Officer Kenneth Louis Chapman RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-June-15

Born:

Parents: James L. Chapman & Bessie Aleda Chapman

Spouse:

Home: Meaford, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

178 (SD) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Irae Emissarii Emissaries of wrath

Base

RAF Amendola, Foggia, Italy

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/26001
Prev: R/176273

Final Burial
Google MapEnglesko Vojno Groblje
Coll grave 7 B 1-8

178 Squadron (Irae Emissarii).

The crew of Liberator aircraft KH-100 were engaged in a supply drop when they crashed near Cornigrad, Yugoslavia.

Killed includes Chapman: Flight Sergeant William Francis Beary RAF KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Serbia Coll. grave 7. B. 1-8. Sergeant Evan Kenneth Corcoran RAF KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. B. 1-8. Flying Officer Owen Jones Cox RCAF J/24717 KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. B. 1-8. Flying Officer Amos Edwin Botsford Denovan RCAF J/25940 pilot KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. B. 1-8. Sergeant Raymond Foot Oliver James RAF KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. B. 1-8. Flight Sergeant John Ward Norman RAF KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. B. 1-8. Flight Sergeant John Humphrey Parry RAF KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 7. B. 1-8.

addendum2: See page 116. F/O, K.L. Chapman and F/0. W.M. Chapman were brothers. Detail provided by Mr. & Mrs. W. Chapman, Meaford, Ontario.

Cenotaph at Lakeview Cemetery, Meaford, Grey County, Ontario Cenotaph reads date of death as 1944-11-05