Ogilvie, Charles Gordon Mackay
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Charles Gordon Mackay |
Surname | Ogilvie |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Date of Death | 16-11-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Gordon Mackay Ogilvie and Elizabeth Ogilvie Husband of Ira Ogilvie, of Hampstead, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Boeing Fortress III |
Serial Number | HB787 |
Markings | BU-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cawston Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. N. Grave 88. |
Epitaph | THY PURPOSE, LORD, WE CANNOT SEE BUT ALL IS WELL THAT'S DONE BY THEE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 220 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 621667 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 100 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Squadron Motto | Ultor in umbris (Avenging in the shadows) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Andrew's Church, Blickling, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Wooden Case containing RAF Oulton Roll of Honour & former 18 (B) Sqn Standard |
Memorial Text | In memory of R.A.F. Oulton 1940 - 1945 |
Location | Junction of Aylsham Rd & New Rd, Oulton Street, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick piller and Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the men and women of the R.A.F. and U.S.A.A.F. based here 1940 - 1945 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1323/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1323/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-11-1944 |
End Date | 16-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Oulton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Bomber Support |
Reason for Loss | Crashed and burnt out while attempting to land |