Chapman, William Merton (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-January-16

Flying Officer William Merton Chapman RCAF

Birth Date: 1923-January-17

Born:

Parents: James L. Chapman & Bessie Aleda Chapman

Spouse:

Home: Meaford,Ontario (patents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

100 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sarang Tebuan Jangan Dijolok Malay

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/38421

Home

Meaford,Ontario (patents)

Target

Zeitz Germany

Temporary Burial

Questenberg, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial

Berlin War Cemetery
Plot 14 Row Z Grave 1

Took off from Grimsby at 17::31 in Lancaster Mk I to bomb the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic-oil complex at Karlsruhe Germany.

Shot down (means not found) and crashed at Questenberg, 4km NE of Rossla on the Nordhausen to Sangeerhausen road.

Killed: Flying Officer William Merton Chapman RCAF J/38421 KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 14. Z. 1. Pilot Officer James David Gibbons RCAF J/95299 KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 14. Z. 2-7. Pilot Officer Malcolm Stalker McMaster RCAF J/95358 KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 14. Z. 2-7. F/Lt Frederick Thomas Quigley RCAF J/25448 pilot KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 14. Z. 2-7. Flight Sergeant Ray Calvin Roller RCAF R/210007 KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 14. Z. 2-7. Flying Officer Herbert Otto Berger RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 14. Z. 2-7. Sergeant John Humphries Guy RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 14. Z. 2-7.

addendum2: F/0 K L Chapman and F/0 W M Chapman were brothers. Detail provided by Mr. & Mrs. W. Chapman, Meaford, On.

Cenotaph at Lakeview Cemetery, Meaford, Grey County, Ontario, Canada

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial