Phillips, Charles
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | Charles |
Surname | Phillips |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Lewis and Florence Mary Phillips, of Blaenavon, Monmouthshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EF439 |
Markings | WP-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. J. 23. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS" HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 225 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1317759 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 90 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-08-1943 |
End Date | 27-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wratting Common |
Day/Night Raid | Night |
Operation | Nuremberg. 674 aircraft, 33 losses (4.9%). H2S marking was used and, given the difficulties experiences with Oboe equipment in recent raids, the crews were ordered to drop a 1000lb bomb on Heilbronn using the equipment to check its functionality. Nuremberg was clear and PFF marking was accurate but significant creepback set in and PFF were unable to correct it because, once again, they had difficulties with their H2S sets. Many of the bombs fell in open countryside SSW of the city. 65 people were killed on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Hesselberg, NW of Erlangen, Germany |