Charlton, Ross Conger
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Ross Conger |
Surname | Charlton |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Date of Death | 15-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harry P. and Pauline Charlton. Husband of Jacqueline Charlton. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ865 |
Markings | AL-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Sweden |
Burial/Memorial Place | Helsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. XV. 88. |
Epitaph | MAY GOD WATCH BETWEEN ME AND THEE WHILE WE ARE ABSENT ONE FROM THE OTHER |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 143 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/14047 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 429 (Bison) |
Squadron Motto | Fortunae nihil (Nothing to chance) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Roman Rd, Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brass plaque set into a stone plinth into which is carved with the Canadian maple leaf and the Yorkshire rose. |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to those men and women who served at RAF Leeming during World War II, including those from the Royal Canadian Air Force Squadrons, whose members came from all parts of the Commonwealth from 1942 to 1945; 405 Vancouver, 408 Goose |
Location | Opposite old Main Guardroom, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In commemoration of those men and women of many nations who served at RAF Leeming during the second world war. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1854/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1854/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-02-1945 |
End Date | 15-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Leeming |
Day/Night Raid | Night (8% moon) |
Operation | Gardening in the Kadet Channel in the Baltic |
Reason for Loss | Inadvertently violated Swedish airspace and was shot down by anti-aircraft fire, crashing near Falsterbo Lighthouse |