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BILLINGHAM

Charlton, R., F/Sgt., 1943
On the Runnymede Memorial is the name of 644136 Flight Sergeant Ronald Charlton, serving with the Royal Air Force, who died 04/11/1943.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

F/Sgt. Charlton was killed when Short Stirling III EE897 AA-G of 75 (New Zealand) Squadron was lost on a minelaying operation to the Friesian Islands. It was lost without trace, with the loss of all seven crew members.Bomber Command 1943.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1943;W.R. Chorley; 1996; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 90 3, page 375

He is remembered in Billingham on B139.05 B139.09


The CWGC entry for Flight Sergeant Charlton

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk