Chequer, George Joseph (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1944-January-30

Flight Lieutenant George Joseph Chequer RCAF

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: Son of George and Maud Edith Chequer, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

514 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nil Obstare Potest Nothing can withstand

Base

RAF Waterbeach

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/21428

Home
Google MapOttawa, Ontario
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany
Final Burial
Google MapBerlin War Cemetery
Plot 8 Row Z Grave 36

Took off from Raf Waterbeach tasked with a night bombing raid on Berlin Germany.

Aircraft shot down by a night fighter after bomb release and crashed in the target area.

Killed includes Chequer: Sergeant Robert Montgomery RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 5. C. 1. WO Kenneth Mortimer RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 6. B. 18. Flight Sergeant John Leo O'Brien RAAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 8. Z. 37.

POWs: Sergeant Jack Sidney Carey RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Flight Sergeant Raymond Leslie Gulliford RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. WO Kenneth Mortimer RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Flight Sergeant Alexander John Robertson RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Flight Sergeant Eric James Wallington RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)