Charles Geoffrey Polkey
Service number
1198755
Military unit
184 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
235 Sherwood Street, Warsop.
Date of birth
08 Aug 1921
Date of death
25 May 1944 (22 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
In 1939 Charles was working as a railway clerk/goods despatcher.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Only son of Henry Herbert and Martha Elizabeth Polkey of 235 Forest Road, Warsop. (also known as Sherwood Street).
Military history
Flew a Hawker Typhoon IB serial No MN 233. 184 Squadron was based at RAF Colerne, Wiltshire from December 1942. From March 1944 they were tasked with attacking German communications in Northern France in preperation of D-Day. Charles was shot down by flak on one of these missions
Extra information
Driver Gerald Manning who died on 1st Nov 1944 and is buried at Warsop cemetery lived only a few doors away from the Polkey family.
Photographs
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