Stubbs, Charles
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Charles |
Surname | Stubbs |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-02-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles and S. A. Stubbs, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DT503 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 166. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 249 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1164235 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 1657 HCU |
Trade | Passenger |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Pillar & inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years and the Men and Women who were stationed at R.A.F. Stradishall and to honour the sacrifices that were made. |
Miscellaneous Information
1 OADU flight using 1658 HCU pilot, who had been posted in the day before the flight, probably for the sole purpose of the ferry flight. |
Stubbs may have been on the strength of Ferry Command but was flying as a passenger in an aircraft crewed by servicemen temporarily attached from various Bomber Command Heavy Conversion Units |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Lyneham |
Day/Night Raid | |
Operation | Ferry flight to Gibraltar |
Reason for Loss | Nothing further seen or heard after passing over Portreath. Lost without trace. All seven crew and three RAF passengers are commemorated on the Runnymede memorial |