Down, Charles James (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-January-31

Flying Officer Charles James Down RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-March-02

Born: Ynysddu South Wales UK

Parents: Son of Horace James Down and Sarah Lillian Down, of Birch Cliff, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Birch Cliff, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

608 (GR) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Omnibus Ungulis With all talons

Base

RAF Grottaglie, Italy

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/12072

Home

Birch Cliff, Ontario

Final Burial

Salerno War Cemetery
III F 2

608 Squadron (Omnibus Ungulis) Hudson IIIa aircraft FK 733 failed to return from an anti-submarine patrol in the Mediterranean, off Anzio, Italy

Flying Officer CJ Down (RCAF) was killed. Please see Webb, H for complete casualty list

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Hudson FK733

Flying Officer Charles James Down RCAF

Flying Officer Down, Charles James (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-January-31
Salerno War Cemetery, Montecorvino Pugliano, Italy

Pilot Officer Thomas William Aubrey Farrer RCAF

Pilot Officer Farrer, Thomas William Aubrey (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-January-31
Salerno War Cemetery, Montecorvino Pugliano, Italy

Flying Officer Herbert Webb RCAF

Flying Officer Webb, Herbert (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-January-31
Malta War Memorial, Malta

Flying Officer Edward Louis Wilhelm RCAF

Flying Officer Wilhelm, Edward Louis (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Action
1944-January-31
Salerno War Cemetery, Montecorvino Pugliano, Italy

Hudson serial: FK733

Lockheed Hudson
Source National Air Force Museum of Canada.

The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons. National Air Force Museum of Canada.

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