115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Mk IC (#R1470) aircraft, with an aircrew of six, took flight from RAF Marham on an air operation targeting German warships in the harbour at Brest, France. On its return the Wellington was shot down by a German intruder aircraft and crashed on the marshland at Ongar, Terrington St. Clement, 5 miles from King's Lynn, taking the lives of five crew members.
The airmen who perished in this attack and resulting crash were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer Stewart Sidney BARNETT,
RAFVR Sergeant Humphrey Yule CHARD,
RAFVR Sergeant John Stephen Christopher SHERMAN and
RAFVR Sergeant Constantinos Marios THOMPSON.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 904176
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 Squadron
Son of Lieutenant Colonel William Wheaton Chard and Emily Maud Chard, of Brighton, Sussex, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington Mk IC (#R1470) aircraft, with an aircrew of six, took flight from RAF Marham on an air operation targeting German warships in the harbour at Brest, France. On its return the Wellington was shot down by a German intruder aircraft and crashed on the marshland at Ongar, Terrington St. Clement, 5 miles from King's Lynn, taking the lives of five crew members.
The airmen who perished in this attack and resulting crash were-
RAFVR Pilot Officer Stewart Sidney BARNETT,
RAFVR Sergeant Humphrey Yule CHARD,
RAFVR Sergeant John Stephen Christopher SHERMAN and
RAFVR Sergeant Constantinos Marios THOMPSON.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 904176
Age: 21
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 115 Squadron
Son of Lieutenant Colonel William Wheaton Chard and Emily Maud Chard, of Brighton, Sussex, England.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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