Marchant, Charles Edward
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Charles Edward |
Surname | Marchant |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 04-04-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles and Florence Marchant. Husband of Jennie Donkin Marchant, of Hendon, Sunderland, Co. Durham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | HK555 |
Markings | KO-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Nederweert War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | IV. C. 6. |
Epitaph | A BELOVED HUSBAND & FATHER WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. JENNIE AND THE CHILDREN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 204 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1604373 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
His body was found by a forestry worker in spring 1946 and handed to the Americans |
Mentioned in Despatches January 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/893/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/893/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-04-1945 |
End Date | 05-04-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Witchford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (58% moon) |
Operation | Leuna- to attack a synthetic oil plant. 341 aircraft, 3 losses. The target was partly cloud covered and bombing was scattered with only minor damage to the intended target |
Reason for Loss | Collided on the outbound leg with a 186 Sqn Lancaster (RS533 AP-P), both aircraft crashing south of Sinn. |