Durrant, Charles Henry
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Charles Henry |
Surname | Durrant |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 19-07-1942 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5414 |
Markings | PH- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Les Sables-D'Olonne (La Foire-Aux Chats) New Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 9. Row 2. Grave 4. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 31 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1263757 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 19-07-1942 |
End Date | 20-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (37% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying duties West coast France |
Reason for Loss | Presumed to have crashed into sea whilst mine laying off west coast of France |