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WIGLEY, Charles

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) Charles Victor Ross
Surname Wigley
Gender M
Age 19
Decorations
Date of death 13-08-1944
Next of kin Son of Charles Victor and Rose Elezebeth Wigley, of Castor, Alberta, Canada.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number MZ347
Markings KN-X
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 253..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 264
Enlistment information
Service Number J/89966
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 77
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different Canada
Fellow Servicemen
Brook N (W/O)
Calvert E N (F/O)
Hughes D W (Sgt)
Parsons T V (Sgt)
Smith C C (F/O)
Young W J (P/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 12-08-1944
End Date 13-08-1944
Takeoff Station Full Sutton
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Braunschweig. 379 aircraft, 27 losses (7.1%). This was an experimental raid with no PFF marking to determine how accurate an H2S only raid could be. The raid was not a success and bombing was very scattered. The local report classifies it as a heavy raid nonetheless.
Reason for Loss