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Flying Officer

John Austin Charles Chapman

Service number 164041
Military unit 16654 CU Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death 04 Mar 1945 (31 years old)
Place of birth Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies Unknown
Family history

Son of John and Gertrude Chapman; husband of Kathleen Olga Chapman.

Military history

RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Panel 266.

Lancaster III LM748

Although lost on a training flight this aircraft plus three other Lancasters have been included in this file of operational losses since they were all shot down by enemy Intruders during Exercise Gisela thus technically KIA.

No suvivors. Fatalities: Chapman + HF Cox, AC Davy, H Frost, AE Lutz, S Shaw, AF Warbey.

Extra information

Operation Gisela

Operation Gisela (German: Unternehmen Gisela) was the code name for a German military operation. Gisela was an intruder operation against RAF Bomber Command during the Defence of the Reich campaign. It was the last big operation launched by the Luftwaffe Nachtjagdgeschwader (Night Fighter Wings) during the conflict. (Wikipedia)

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