Chapman, Henry Charles Alfred (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1944-July-29

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Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Parents: R A B Chapman & Constance Chapman

Spouse: Lily Chapman, of Ewell, Surrey

Home: Ewell, Surrey, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

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

Base

RAF Waterbeach

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)

Service Numbers

86817

Home

Ewell, Surrey, England

Target

Stuttgart Germany

Temporary Burial

Churchyard at Deinvillers, Vosges, France, near crash site

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial

Choloy War Cemetery
Collective Grave 4 A 18-20

514 Squadron (Nil Obstare Potest) RAF Waterbeach: Lancaster Mk II DS-813 JI-N missing during night operations against Stuttgart, Germany.

Cause of loss was not established but most likely by a night fighter. Aircraft crashed at Deinvillers (Voges).

Killed includes Chapman: Flying Officer Richard Jack Bennett RCAF J/28685 KIA Choloy War Cemetery France Coll. grave 4. A. 18-20. Flying Officer James Terence Daly RCAF J/27493 KIA Choloy War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. A. 18-20. F/Lt Alba Fletcher Fowke RCAF J/24970 pilot KIA Choloy War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. A. 18-20. Flying Officer Gordon Reginald Murphy RCAF J/36596 KIA Choloy War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. A. 18-20. Sergeant Harold Gordon Carter RAF KIA Choloy War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. A. 18-20. Sergeant Sydney Arthur Picton RAF KIA Choloy War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. A. 18-20.

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