Chapman, Paul Geoffrey
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Paul Geoffrey |
Surname | Chapman |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-05-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick George and Anne Mary Chapman, of Leafield, Oxfordshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | P6917 |
Markings | LS- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Landrecies Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row C. Grave 4. |
Epitaph | IN CONFIDENCE OF HEAVEN'S APPLAUSE: THIS IS THE HAPPY WARRIOR (From Character of the Happy Warrior by William Wordsworth) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 143 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 37718 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-05-1940 |
End Date | 18-05-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Formation of 6 aircraft landed at Abbeville before making for Douai to rendezvous with fighter escorts which did not appear. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by fighters, crashing at Landrecies |