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Flight Sergeant ( Pilot ) Roy William Chinery

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Flight Sergeant ( Pilot ) Roy William Chinery

Birth
Death
2 Jan 1944
Burial
Seelze, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany Add to Map
Plot
Coll. grave 6. J. 1-7.
Memorial ID
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568065 Flight Sergeant Pilot Roy Chinery
100 Squadron from Royal Air Force
Son of William Anthony Chinery and Nellie May (nee Rogers) in London. He lived at Clayfields, Wentworth, with his wife Edith Vera nee Edmonds.
Killed in Air Crash age 23

Avro Lancaster Mk III JB740

On the night of 1/2 January 1944 Roy took off, he was flying to Berlin as part of a 421 all Lancaster bombing mission. The aircraft was lost outbound at Rottorf, Germany one of 28 Lancasters that did not return. Roy and the rest of the crew were killed in the crash.

Crew on board:

Sgt Sergeant ( Flt. Engr. ) Dudley Sydney Fawcett– 1485213 (Flight Engineer)

F/S John Aldridge Dwelly – 1324551 (Navigator)

Sgt David Richard Jessop - 1390320 (Air Bomber)

Sgt Glyn John– 1316412 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)

Sgt Jack Bernard Gooravitch – 1894978 (Air Gunner)

Sgt Guy G Monk –749827 (Air Gunner)
568065 Flight Sergeant Pilot Roy Chinery
100 Squadron from Royal Air Force
Son of William Anthony Chinery and Nellie May (nee Rogers) in London. He lived at Clayfields, Wentworth, with his wife Edith Vera nee Edmonds.
Killed in Air Crash age 23

Avro Lancaster Mk III JB740

On the night of 1/2 January 1944 Roy took off, he was flying to Berlin as part of a 421 all Lancaster bombing mission. The aircraft was lost outbound at Rottorf, Germany one of 28 Lancasters that did not return. Roy and the rest of the crew were killed in the crash.

Crew on board:

Sgt Sergeant ( Flt. Engr. ) Dudley Sydney Fawcett– 1485213 (Flight Engineer)

F/S John Aldridge Dwelly – 1324551 (Navigator)

Sgt David Richard Jessop - 1390320 (Air Bomber)

Sgt Glyn John– 1316412 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)

Sgt Jack Bernard Gooravitch – 1894978 (Air Gunner)

Sgt Guy G Monk –749827 (Air Gunner)

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