Chappise, Richard Robert (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-June-05

Flying Officer Richard Robert Chappise RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-September-27

Born:

Parents: Samuel & Dina Chappise

Spouse:

Home: Chapleau, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

99 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Quisque Tenax Each tenacious

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/45991
Prev: R/149991

Memorial Location
Google MapSingapore War Memorial
Column 455

99 Squadron(Quisque Tenax) Liberator Mk VI KH-389 "V" crashed into the sea enroute to attack railway targets in Burma, leaving from the 99Sqn airfield at Mingaladon, Burma, just north of Rangoon.

The 'Lib' normally carried a crew of eleven. Once again only the fatalities have been listed with no complete crew list provided.

Killed: Flying Officer Frederick Vincent Brennan RCAF J/41002 KIA Singapore Memorial Column 455. Flying Officer Richard Robert Chappise RCAF J/45991 KIA Singapore Memorial Column 455. Warrant Officer Class 2 John Clayton Boye Ekeberg RCAF R/199396 KIA Singapore Memorial Column 457. Flight Sergeant Jack Abraham Farr RCAF R/290244 KIA Singapore Memorial Column 458. Flight Sergeant Kenneth Higgins RAF KIA Singapore Memorial Column 450. Flying Officer William Ernest Mittay RCAF J/45809 KIA Singapore Memorial Column 456. Flight Sergeant Michael Mostowy RCAF R/186675 KIA Singapore Memorial Column 458. Flight Sergeant Gordon William Alexander O'Connor RCAF R/288521 KIA Singapore Memorial Column 458.