Chant, William Morton
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | William Morton |
Surname | Chant |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur Guy and Jessie Elizabeth Chant, of Shewsbury, Shropshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV921 |
Markings | NP-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | St. Desir War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave VIII. A. 9-14. |
Epitaph | HATH HIS KINGDOM KNOWN BORDERS SO NARROW, THAT GOD IS IN THE BOW ALONE AND NOT IN THE ARROW? |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 143 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 146748 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Miscellaneous Information
158 Squadron Lost six Halifaxes on this raid |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1049/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1049/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-06-1944 |
End Date | 03-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (85% moon) |
Operation | Trappes- to bomb the railway yards. 128 aircraft, 16 losses (12.5%). Most of the bombing fell in the eastern portion of the target area |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near woods SW of Rambouillet, France |