Dearlove, Charles George Edwin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Charles George Edwin |
Surname | Dearlove |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Dearlove and Beatrice Sarah Dearlove. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7616 |
Markings | MG-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Gosseliès Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 1. Grave 8. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 154 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1174036 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 7 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour Book |
Memorial Text | Remember here before God those of 7 Squadron who died in action in The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18 and The Royal Air Force 1939-45 |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 12 July 1922 in Belvedere, Kent. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/99/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/99/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-08-1942 |
End Date | 25-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (98% moon) |
Operation | Frankfurt- 226 aircraft sustained 16 losses (7.1%). Crews had great difficulty in locating the target due to cloud cover, despite the raid being PFF led (the second time that PFF had done so). Most of the bombs fell in open countryside |
Reason for Loss | Damaged by flak and then finished off by a night-fighter. Crashed at Berzée, NW of Philippville, Belgium |