Peter Bernard Chapple
Service number
928292
Military unit
408 (RCAF) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
Mitcham, Surrey, England.
Date of birth
Date of death
21 Jan 1942 (Age unknown)
Place of birth
Lambeth, London, England.
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
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Family history
Son of Henry Webber Chapple and Lilian Agnes Chapple, of Mitcham, Surrey.
Military history
21/22 January 1942 Hampden X3051 408 Sqn. Took off from RAF Balderton part of 54 aircraft raid to bomb Bremen. Lost without trace , although new data shows X3051 may have been lost in combat or collided with Bf110 D-3 R4+JP which was also lost without trace in the North Sea, 20 km west of Petten with the crew Uffz Kurt Zipperlein and Gefr Werner Schunter.
5 Groups way points being in this location and the Bf110 being vectored to the area.
P/O Harold Clarke RCAF
Sgt Peter Chapple
Sgt Reginald Eves
Sgt Robert Brown - All missing.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of Peter Bernard Chapple