Pierce, Charles Phillips (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-September-01

Flight Sergeant Charles Phillips Pierce RCAF

Birth Date: 1925

Born:

Parents: J. W. & Alice May Pierce, of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: St Stephen, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

196 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sic Fidem Servamus Thus we keep faith

Base

RAF Witchford

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/126066

Home
Google MapSt Stephen, New Brunswick
Final Burial
Google MapEastern General Cemetery
Grave 209

Took off from Witchford at 20:37 in Stirling Mk III (Sqn code ZO-D Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Lappenpad road Knalhutte Enschede Overijsse Holland.

Killed: Flying Officer Derrick Lionel Paul Justice RAF KIA Enschede Eastern General Cemetery Grave 210. Sergeant Idris Llewellyn RAF KIA Enschede Eastern General Cemetery Grave 208. Flight Sergeant Charles Phillips Pierce RCAF R/126066 KIA Enschede Eastern General Cemetery Grave 209.

POWs: Flight Sergeant George Stanley Auld RCAF R/140590 POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant John Griffiths RAF POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant George Philip Poynter RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Geoffrey Anthony Sperring RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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