Pulham, Joseph William Charles
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Joseph William Charles |
Surname | Pulham |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
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Date of Death | 10-05-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph Thomas Pulham and Ada May Pulham. Husband of Joan Pulham of Dagenham. Father of Keith Joseph Pulham. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Eastbrookend (Dagenham) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Square E. Grave 1039. |
Epitaph | ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 87 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1319801 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night Raid | |
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Reason for Loss | Died in RAF Hospital Rauceby of natural causes, according to ORB AIR27/689/9, although his Form 543 more accurately states that he died of injuries received on active service. His son reports that he hit his head on an aircraft stanchion on the return leg of an operation. A few days later on VE day he was out celebrating when he collapsed in an alley and people at first thought he was drunk. Unfortunately his best friend and fellow crew member, who was aware of what had happened, was on leave. He was taken to hospital and obviously not knowing the circumstances they put it down to a brain haemorrage and therefore recorded it on the death certificate as natural causes. |