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Military service
Service number:
J/92169
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
No. 22 Operational Training Unit (22 OTU RAF)
Death:
November 20, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. Grave 358.
Additional information
Son of Dr. Paul Hamel, and of Bertha Ellen Hamel, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Charles Hamel
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Group Photo
Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of Lashburn Saskatchewan Legion Branch #73 from their web site, ¿Lashburn Legion Branch #73¿ -
Group Photo
Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of Lashburn Saskatchewan Legion Branch #73 from their web site, ¿Lashburn Legion Branch #73¿ -
Cemetery
Photo of Blacon Cemetery, Chester, England (CWGC)<P> Wellington MF509 was flying out of #22 Operational Training Unit in Warwickshire. On November 20, 1944, the crew were on a night cross-country exercise when it began to lose height due to icing. All the crew were killed when it struck Gareg Goch in the Black Mountains, Wales. <P> The crew were:<P> Sgt. (P) Charles Hamel<BR> Sgt. (N) Jules Villeneuve <BR> F/O (BA) William Allison <BR> Sgt. (AG) Arthur Groulx<BR> Sgt. (AG) Gerald Du Sablon<BR> Sgt.(WAG) Joseph Burke<P> (Courtesy "They Shall Grow Not Old", Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.) -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Charles Hamel is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Charles Hamel is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of CHARLES HAMEL
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Photo of CHARLES HAMEL
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Attestation paper
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Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Hamel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Hamel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Hamel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Hamel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Hamel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Hamel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Hamel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Hamel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Hamel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 326 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY Cheshire, United Kingdom
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