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POPPLEWELL, Chetwin

Personal Information
Rank F/O
Forename(s) Chetwin Hamre
Surname Popplewell
Gender M
Age 22
Decorations
Date of death 29-09-1943
Next of kin Son of Roy Harold Popplewell and Olive Constance Popplewell (née Hamre), of Davidson, Saskatchewan, Canada. Husband of Eileen Mary Popplewell (née Howard), whom he married on 10 August 1943 at Aylesham, Norfolk.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax V
Serial Number LK634
Markings IP-T
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Grave Reference 23. E. 3..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 227
Enlistment information
Service Number J/16305
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 434 (Bluenose)
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different Canada
Fellow Servicemen
Bailey W G (F/S)
Davies T (Sgt)
Harris N T (Sgt)
Zahl R A (F/S)
Last Operation information
Start Date 29-09-1943
End Date 30-09-1943
Takeoff Station Tholthorpe
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Bochum. 352 aircraft, 9 losses (2.6%). Oboe equipped PFF accurately marked the target leading to concentrated bombing. 161 deaths on the ground
Reason for Loss Shot down by as Hptm. Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld and crashed in a field near to Legden, 15km WNW of Munster.