Wilson, Charles Henry Morgan
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Charles Henry Morgan |
Surname | Wilson |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Date of Death | 22-10-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Henry and Lila Edith Wilson. Husband of Elizabeth Wilson, of Rayner's Lane, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | LW259 |
Markings | NP-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot LL. Row 2. Grave 60. |
Epitaph | TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE. REMEMBERED & BELOVED BY ALL |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 266 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1264302 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Squadron Motto | Strength in unity |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/43 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/42 |
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 | 22-10-1943 |
End Date | 23-10-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (32% moon) |
Operation | Kassel. 569 aircraft, 43 losses (7.6%), due to the German controller correctly assessing that the raid was on Kassel. Blind H2S marking overshot the target but 8 out of 9 visual markers were accurate. German decoy markers drew off some of the main force but otherwise the raid was exceptionally accurate and concentrated leading to a firestorm. Over 26000 homes were destroyed and a further 26000 damaged. Some 63% of housing in the city became unusable, resulting in 100-120,000 people being displaced. The number of industrial, public and military buildings destroyed are too numerous to list Of particular note, however, was that the railway system was badly damaged and the three Henschel factories which produced the V1 bomb were all seriously damaged. This certainly pegged back the V1 deployment capability significantly. The number of dead was around 5600 |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by flak and crashed at Goudswaard, SW of Rotterdam, Holland |