Chatwin, Francis Reginald
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Francis Reginald |
Surname | Chatwin |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frank and Dorothy Ettey Chatwin, of Birmingham. Husband of Phyllis Irene Chatwin, of Bolton, Lancashire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | LJ518 |
Markings | EX-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Birmingham Municipal Crematorium |
Grave Reference | Column 1. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 143 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 179033 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 100 |
Squadron | 199 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Technical Site, North Creake, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Sculpture, Inscribed Metal Panels & Info Boards |
Memorial Text | Remembering the Crew of Short Stirling bomber LJ518, lost on 25th September 1944 |
Location | Adjacent to former Technical Site, North Creake, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Sculpture, Inscribed Metal Panels & Info Boards |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who served at RAF North Creake |
Miscellaneous Information
A memorial exhibition cabinet was unveiled at Flixton in 1995, containing some of the wreckage found during an excavation in 1987. F/O Barham's family attended the ceremony |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1172/44 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1172/43 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-09-1944 |
End Date | 26-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | North Creake |
Day/Night Raid | Night (55% moon) |
Operation | Bomber Support- to provide a Mandrel screen |
Reason for Loss | On return, the aircraft descended through clouds and struck trees. The pilot applied power but the aircraft crashed NNW of Sculthorpe, Norfolk |