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Sgt. (Pilot) Charles Roughead Fleming

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Sgt. (Pilot) Charles Roughead Fleming Veteran

Birth
Glasgow City, Scotland
Death
30 May 1943 (aged 20)
Hechtel, Arrondissement Maaseik, Limburg, Belgium
Burial
Leuven, Arrondissement Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
10. B. 1.
Memorial ID
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Service No. 1349738 - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 115 Sqdn. Bomber Command.

One of a seven man crew that took off from RAF East Wretham (Norfolk) at 23:56 on the 29th of May 1943, in an Avro Lancaster Mk II Bomber S/No. DS627, for a bombing raid on Wuppertal, North Rhineland.
Nothing further was heard after take off and the plane was reported as missing in action, it was later established that they had been shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Hechtel {Limburg} Belgium, there were no survivors and the crew are buried on the same row in Heverlee War Cemetery.

The other crew members were,
Sgt. Robert ADAIR (1483499) RAFVR - Navigator
Sgt. Kenneth George BERRY (975799) RAFVR - Air Gunner
P/O. Charles Kenneth COKER (J/17259) RCAF - Air Bomber
Sgt. James CURRIE (1367283) RAFVR - Wireless Op
Sgt. Hopkin George THOMAS (612466) RAFVR - Flight Engineer
Sgt. Arthur Raymond TICKNER (1601720) RAFVR - Air Gunner

Son of Charles Roughead Fleming and Janet Gibson Fleming, of Glasgow.
Service No. 1349738 - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 115 Sqdn. Bomber Command.

One of a seven man crew that took off from RAF East Wretham (Norfolk) at 23:56 on the 29th of May 1943, in an Avro Lancaster Mk II Bomber S/No. DS627, for a bombing raid on Wuppertal, North Rhineland.
Nothing further was heard after take off and the plane was reported as missing in action, it was later established that they had been shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Hechtel {Limburg} Belgium, there were no survivors and the crew are buried on the same row in Heverlee War Cemetery.

The other crew members were,
Sgt. Robert ADAIR (1483499) RAFVR - Navigator
Sgt. Kenneth George BERRY (975799) RAFVR - Air Gunner
P/O. Charles Kenneth COKER (J/17259) RCAF - Air Bomber
Sgt. James CURRIE (1367283) RAFVR - Wireless Op
Sgt. Hopkin George THOMAS (612466) RAFVR - Flight Engineer
Sgt. Arthur Raymond TICKNER (1601720) RAFVR - Air Gunner

Son of Charles Roughead Fleming and Janet Gibson Fleming, of Glasgow.

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