Frank D. Chalkley, F/O
Personal information
Age 23
Nationality British
Date / place of birth Unknown
Genealogy Son of Percy John and Margaret Ann Chalkley, Hastings, Sussex, U.K.
Military information
Army Number 134178
Rank F/O
Function Navigator
Platoon / Troop / Flight Unknown
Company / Squadron 196 Squadron RAF Station Keevil
Unit / Group 38 Group
Division / Transport / Command Transport Command
Regiment Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Death information
Died when 19-9-1944
Died where Arnhem
Spot Grote Kweek Area Warnsborn
Map reference Unknown
Burial location
Oosterbeek, War Cemetery, Netherlands
Grave number 4-D-19
Graves overview
Miscellaneous information
Personal notes

At approx 15.39 hours (NL-time), a 196 Squadron Stirling (EF248, ZO-'V'), was hit by flak while dropping re-supply near Supply Dropping Point 'V;, west of Arnhem. The pilot, Warrant Officer Keith Prowd ordered the crew to bale out. The whole crew exited the aircraft bwefore this crashed north of Arnhem. Of the 10-men crew (6 flying crew, 2 air despatchers and 2 \"extra's\") 7 were killed. Flying Officer Chalkley \"Hitched a ride\" as one of the \"extra's\". His body was found near the chicken run of \"Grote Kweek\".

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Frank D. Chalkley, F/O
Personal information
Age 23
Nationality British
Date / place of birth Unknown
Genealogy Son of Percy John and Margaret Ann Chalkley, Hastings, Sussex, U.K.
Military information
Army Number 134178
Rank F/O
Function Navigator
Platoon / Troop / Flight Unknown
Company / Squadron 196 Squadron RAF Station Keevil
Unit / Group 38 Group
Division / Transport / Command Transport Command
Regiment Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Death information
Died when 19-9-1944
Died where Arnhem
Spot Grote Kweek Area Warnsborn
Map reference Unknown
Burial location
Oosterbeek, War Cemetery, Netherlands
Grave number 4-D-19
Graves overview
Miscellaneous information
Personal notes

At approx 15.39 hours (NL-time), a 196 Squadron Stirling (EF248, ZO-'V'), was hit by flak while dropping re-supply near Supply Dropping Point 'V;, west of Arnhem. The pilot, Warrant Officer Keith Prowd ordered the crew to bale out. The whole crew exited the aircraft bwefore this crashed north of Arnhem. Of the 10-men crew (6 flying crew, 2 air despatchers and 2 \"extra's\") 7 were killed. Flying Officer Chalkley \"Hitched a ride\" as one of the \"extra's\". His body was found near the chicken run of \"Grote Kweek\".

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