Matthews, Charles Hadland
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Charles Hadland |
Surname | Matthews |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Cecil and Lily Rose Matthews, of Mold. His Brother, John Leonard, Also Died On Service. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NA503 |
Markings | DY-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Mold Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. J. Grave 15. |
Epitaph | HIS BROTHER JOHN LEONARD R.N. LOST AT SEA 25.2.44 IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SONS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 206 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1035560 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/810/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/810/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-07-1944 |
End Date | 30-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Normandy- to bomb enemy strong points in the battle area. Part of a 692 aircraft raid on 6 German positions in front of the American ground forces. The target was cloud covered but 377 aircraft were able to bomb onto Oboe markers. Only two of the six targets were considered to be have been successfully hit. 4 Lancasters lost (0.6%). |
Reason for Loss | Hit trees and crashed near Blockley, NW of Moreton in the Marsh airfield, Gloucestershire |