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