Pepper, Charles William Valentine
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Charles William Valentine |
Surname | Pepper |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur William and Annie Alice Pepper, of Putney, London. Husband of Violet Betty Pepper, of Putney. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | EF329 |
Markings | BU-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sage War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. E. 1. |
Epitaph | IN EVERLOVING MEMORY. "THE STRIFE IS O'ER, THE BATTLE DONE" R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 225 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 138308 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Monument with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In memory and honour of the Royal Air Force and Polish Air Force Squadrons who were based at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
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 27/1322/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1322/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-03-1943 |
End Date | 04-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Chedburgh |
Day/Night Raid | Night (8% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 417 aircraft, 10 losses (2.4%). Clear conditions but PFF appear to have misread the H2S indications and confused some sandbanks in the Elbe estuary as being Hamburg docks. As a consequence the majority of the bombing took place on the small town of Wedel where some surprisingly important targets were hit. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed south of Bremen |