Murphy, Charles Walter (Flight Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1941-December-28

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RCAF

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77 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

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Flight Lieutenant

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/5311
PoW: 1433

Target
Google MapDusseldorf Germany

Took off from Leeming at 16:44 in Whitley Mark V (Sqn code: KN- Bomber Command) for an operation to Düsseldorf Germany.

The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by a night fighter and crashed southeast of Kempen, Germany.

Killed: Sergeant William Alan Blackburn RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Grave 25. F. 6.

POWs: Sergeant Cyril Henry Grace RAF POW Stalag 383 Hohen Fels. Flying Officer Richard John Kimbell RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Allan Bernard Wiggins RAF POW Stalag 383 Hohen Fels.