Hynam, Charles Colin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Charles Colin |
Surname | Hynam |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-11-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Thomas Hynam and Constance Helen Hynam. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5553 |
Markings | LQ-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. G. 11. |
Epitaph | GREAT PEACE HAVE THEY WHICH LOVE THY LAW: AND NOTHING SHALL OFFEND THEM Bible Old Testament Psalm 119:165 |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 187 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 921902 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/10165 (P363617/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-11-1941 |
End Date | 08-11-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (87% moon) |
Operation | Berlin- industrial, railway and utility targets hit. Last raid on Berlin for more than a year |
Reason for Loss | Last heard on w/t at 0244 indicating a successful mission |