Walker, Charles Norman
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Charles Norman |
Surname | Walker |
Gender | M |
Age | 29 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-01-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert William and Ethel Walker, of Sale. Husband of Marjorie Evelyn Walker. of Sale. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | T2956 |
Markings | BU- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sale Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. S. Grave 6086. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 258 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 78863 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
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 |
Miscellaneous Information
Transferred from 38 Sqn after it moved to the Middle East. It appears that his paperwork still showed he was on the strength of 38 Sqn on the date of death, when in fact he was with 214 Sqn by then |
Attended Altrincham Grammar School. A keen sportsman, he played cricket for Sale Cricket Club, rugby for Ashton on Mersey R.U.F.C. and badminton at St. Mary's Church hall. |
Also commemorated on the Altrincham Grammar School War Memorial. |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/4827 (P356867/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-01-1941 |
End Date | 08-01-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Air test |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have iced up while flying in cloud and crashed near Haverhill, Suffolk |