Smallwood, Charles Frederick
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Charles Frederick |
Surname | Smallwood |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Frederick and Sarah Alice Smallwood, of Aston, Birmingham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | HE915 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 238. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 98 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1575172 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 92 |
Squadron | 17 OTU |
Trade | |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Silverstone, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Village Sign & Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of No. 17 OTU, Silverstone Airfield. 1943 - 1946 |
Location | Within Motor Racing Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone & Stencilled RoH |
Memorial Text | Per Ardua Ad Astra to those who served No.17 OTU R.A.F. Silverstone. 1943 - 1946 |
Location | Road Bridge over A43, Turweston, Northamptonshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Scroll |
Memorial Text | Remembered with Honour, Bomber Command, 17 OTU, RAF Silverstone and RAF Turweston. 1943 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
The remainder of the crew survived, although some were seriously injured. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-03-1944 |
End Date | 17-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Turweston |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- firing practice |
Reason for Loss | Downed by enemy action and crashed into the sea off Flamborough Head. The board of inquiry pinned the blame on the pilot for taking the aircraft over sea with insufficient Mae West on board even though it was clear from survivor reports that the aircraft suffered engine failure. |