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Military service
Service number:
J/6941
Age:
26
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
224 Sqdn.
Death:
September 2, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 172.
Additional information
Son of Lawson and Emily Wharram, of Leamington, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Charles Russell Wharram
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Family photo
Wharram family photo circa 1940. Charles Wharram is in uniform in the back row second from the right. His mother Emily is on the left side of the front row and his father Lawson is on the right side of the front row -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Charles Wharram
While on anti-submarine patrol over the Bay of Biscay, skipper Charlie Wharram's B-24 Liberator was "jumped" by Ju88,s. He was hit while at the controls & his last words were "They got me boys". The bomber ditched & 3 crew survived.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Charles Russell Wharram
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Charles Russell Wharram
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Charles Russell Wharram
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Charles Russell Wharram
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Charles Russell Wharram
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Charles Russell Wharram
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Charles Russell Wharram
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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