John Hamilton Charles
Service number
R/59571
Military unit
61 (RAF) Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force
Address
Suite 9, Colony Apartments, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Date of birth
04 Dec 1919
Date of death
31 May 1942 (22 years old)
Place of birth
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Employment, education or hobbies
Engineer's assistant.
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Family history
Son of Maj. John Leslie Charles, D.S.O., Royal Canadian Engineers, and Elene Violet Charles, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Military history
Takeoff at 00:40 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid, target Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by the 3./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 159 and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed Niederaussem 21 km WNW of Köln city centre.
F/Sgt John Charles RCAF
F/O Peter Bluett
P/O John Patey RCAF
P/O John Underwood
P/O Benson Usher RNZAF
Sgt Anthony Williamson
F/Sgt Robert Fawkes - All killed.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
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