Lee, Charles Campbell
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Charles Campbell |
Surname | Lee |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles William and Edith Averina Lee, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | V9992 |
Markings | MP-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Darlington (West) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. W.7K. Grave 368. |
Epitaph | GOD CALLED HIM HOME IT WAS HIS WILL BUT IN OUR HEARTS HE LIVETH STILL |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 197 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/79839 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Lee Lake, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/650/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/650/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-08-1942 |
End Date | 18-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Spun down from 1000' on return to base from an air firing exercise |