CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
PHILP |
First Name/s: |
Charles |
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Service No/s: |
1822774 |
Service: |
RAFVR |
Branch: |
Air Gunner |
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Awards: |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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05 Mar 1943 |
Enlisted in Edinburgh, Midlothian, as Aircraftman Second Class (AC2) mustering as Air Crew Hand (ACH) Air Gunner, aged 18y 8m |
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05 Mar 1943 |
No.1 Aircrew Reception Centre (ACRC), Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood, London |
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27 Mar 1943 |
No.14 Initial Training Wing (ITW), Bridlington, Yorkshire |
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15 May 1943 |
No.1 Elementary Air Gunners School (EAGS), Bridgnorth, Shropshire |
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05 Jun 1943 |
No.9 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit ((O) AFU), Penrhos and Llanwrog (relief landing ground), Caernarfonshire, Wales |
Anson |
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06 Jun 1943 |
Promoted to Leading Aircraftman (LAC) |
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16 Jul 1943 |
Awarded Air Gunner's (AG) flying badge and promoted to Sergeant, re-mustering as Air Gunner |
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20 Jul 1943 |
No.20 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Wymeswold, Leicestershire, joining the A L Puttock crew |
Wellington |
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04 Oct 1943 |
No.11 Base, Lindholme, Yorkshire; administrative Base for No.1 Group heavy bomber conversions |
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05 Oct 1943 |
No.1667 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Faldingworth, Lincolnshire |
Halifax and Lancaster |
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13 Dec 1943 |
No.576 Squadron, 'A' Flight, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster |
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02 Jan 1944 |
Scheduled to fly as a 'spare' on 103 Squadron's N H Frost crew on Lancaster JB736 for an attack on Berlin, however, the aircraft did not take off (reason not known) |
Lancaster |
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16 Apr 1944 |
Promoted to Flight Sergeant |
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17 Jun 1944 |
Lost in flying operations over enemy territory |
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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
Flight Details |
T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
Crew |
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27 Dec 1943 |
n/k |
Training |
2215 |
0115 |
3h00 |
P1 Sgt A.L. Puttock |
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NOTES: |
Cross-country navigation exercise. Returned early due to a failure of the oxygen system |
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06 Jan 1944 |
n/k |
Training |
2100 |
0150 |
4h50 |
P1 Sgt A.L. Puttock |
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NOTES: |
Night cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft not known |
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08 Jan 1944 |
n/k |
Training |
1100 |
1310 |
2h10 |
P1 Sgt A.L. Puttock |
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NOTES: |
Air firing. |
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10 Jan 1944 |
n/k |
Training |
1115 |
1300 |
1h45 |
P1 Sgt A.L. Puttock |
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NOTES: |
Air firing. |
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27 Jan 1944 |
ME586 |
UL-B2 |
BERLIN |
1730 |
0155 |
8h25 |
P1 Sgt A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1032x 4lb incendiaries Returned on 3 engines - not known whether due to attack or failure |
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28 Jan 1944 |
ME586 |
UL-B2 |
BERLIN |
DNTO |
nk |
N/A |
P1 Sgt A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1032x 4lb incendiaries Did not take off due to an unserviceability on the aircraft |
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30 Jan 1944 |
ME586 |
UL-B2 |
BERLIN |
1650 |
0000 |
7h10 |
P1 Sgt A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 762x 4lb incendiaries |
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09 Feb 1944 |
n/k |
Training |
1200 |
1300 |
1h00 |
P1 Sgt A.L. Puttock |
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NOTES: |
Local flying. |
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12 Feb 1944 |
n/k |
Training |
1545 |
1625 |
0h40 |
P1 Sgt A.L. Puttock |
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NOTES: |
Flying Instruction. |
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15 Feb 1944 |
ME583 |
UL-F2 |
BERLIN |
1720 |
0030 |
7h10 |
P1 Sgt A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries. |
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19 Feb 1944 |
ME583 |
UL-F2 |
LEIPZIG |
2330 |
0715 |
7h45 |
P1 Sgt A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries |
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20 Feb 1944 |
ME583 |
UL-F2 |
STUTTGART |
2330 |
0730 |
8h00 |
P1 Flt Sgt A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries For some unknown reason, that the Puttock crew did not fly again as a crew until 18 April, an unusual gap of almost two months |
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18 Mar 1944 |
ND362 |
UL-Q2 |
FRANKFURT |
1905 |
0205 |
7h00 |
P1 Fg Off G.A.J. Wood |
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Target: built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb 'Cookie', 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries NOTE: The Squadron Operations Record Book (ORB) records Sgt A C Perkins as mid-upper gunner, but he was rear gunner with the A H Young crew that night. The mid-upper gunner was probably Sgt H E Lillicrap |
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18 Apr 1944 |
n/k |
Training |
1640 |
1750 |
1h10 |
P1 WO A.L. Puttock |
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NOTES: |
Air-to-air firing |
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20 Apr 1944 |
ME586 |
UL-B2 |
COLOGNE |
2345 |
0430 |
4h45 |
P1 WO A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up areas to the North and West of the city centre Load: 1x 4000lb 'Cookie', 108x30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries. Air Bomber not known as there is no entry in Sgt J Brown's logbook (the usual Air Bomber) |
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22 Apr 1944 |
LL794 |
UL-H2 |
DUSSELDORF |
DNTO |
nk |
N/A |
P1 WO A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area to the North of the city centre Load: 1x 4000lb 'Cookie', 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries. Burst a tyre taxying out; the port undercarriage collapsed, and the port outer engine caught fire. None of the crew were injured |
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24 Apr 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-J2 |
KARLSRUHE |
2140 |
0430 |
6h50 |
P1 WO A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Loads: 1st wave: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 96x 30lb incendiaries, 1170 x 4lb incendiaries 2nd wave: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 84x 30lb incendiaries, 1170x 4lb incendiaries 3rd wave: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 96x 30lb incendiaries, 1050x 4lb incendiaries Supporters: 6x 2000lb bombs It is not known which wave applied to this crew |
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26 Apr 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-J2 |
ESSEN |
2230 |
0330 |
5h00 |
P1 WO A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area and the Krupps works Loads: 1st wave: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries 2nd wave: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 60x 30lb and 660x 4lb incendiaries 3rd wave: 1x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs, 84x 30lb and 1050x 4lb incendiaries 4th wave: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 60x 30lb and 600x 4lb incendiaries 5th wave: 1x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs, 84x 30lb and 960x 4lb incendiaries It is not known which wave applied to this crew |
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27 Apr 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-J2 |
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN |
2130 |
0610 |
8h40 |
P1 WO A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Marshalling yards Loads: 1st wave: 1x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs, 84x 30lb and 1050x 4lb incendiaries 2nd wave: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 30x 30lb and 600x 4lb incendiaries 3rd wave: 1x 1000lb, 1x500lb bombs, 84x 30lb and 960x 4lb incendiaries It is not known which wave applied to this crew |
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30 Apr 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-J2 |
MAINTENON |
2140 |
0220 |
4h40 |
P1 WO A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Ammunition dump Load: 11x 1000lb, and 4x 500lb bombs |
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01 May 1944 |
UL-? |
Training |
nk |
nk |
1h30 |
P1 WO A.L. Puttock |
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NOTES: |
Air to air firing. |
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03 May 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-J2 |
MAILLY |
2130 |
0410 |
6h40 |
P1 WO A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Military depot & tank training camp Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 16x 500lb bombs |
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07 May 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-J2 |
RENNES (ST JAQUES) |
2130 |
0230 |
5h00 |
P1 WO A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: St Jacques Luftwaffe airfield & ammunition dump Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs |
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10 May 1944 |
LL800 |
UL-H2 |
DIEPPE |
2225 |
0130 |
3h05 |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Railway yards and a howitzer battery Load: 11x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs |
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14 May 1944 |
UL-? |
Training |
nk |
nk |
2h40 |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
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'Y' (H2S) cross country navigation exercise and fighter affiliation |
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15 May 1944 |
UL- ? |
Training |
nk |
nk |
2h10 |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
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NOTES: |
Bombing and air to air firing |
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17 May 1944 |
UL-? |
Training |
nk |
nk |
2h40 |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
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'Y' (H2S) cross country navigation exercise |
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19 May 1944 |
LL800 |
UL-H2 |
ORLEANS |
2200 |
0300 |
5h00 |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Fleury-les-Aubrais marshalling yards Load: 11x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs The aircraft was diverted to Ludford Magna due to poor visibility at base, where it landed safely |
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21 May 1944 |
LL800 |
UL-H2 |
DUISBURG |
2215 |
0315 |
5h00 |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 204x 30lb incendiaries. |
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21 May 1944 |
LL800 |
UL-H2 |
LUDFORD MAGNA TO BASE |
nk |
nk |
0h30 |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Return from diversion |
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22 May 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-J2 |
DORTMUND |
2215 |
0315 |
5h00 |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
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Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries. |
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24 May 1944 |
LL800 |
UL-H2 |
AACHEN |
2335 |
0415 |
4h40 |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: the marshalling yards at Aachen West and at Rothe-Erde Load: 11x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs. |
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27 May 1944 |
LL800 |
UL-H2 |
AACHEN |
2350 |
0420 |
4h30 |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: the marshalling yards at Aachen East and at Rothe-Erde Load: 11x 1000lb and 4x500lb bombs. Aircraft hit by flak and the navigator, Flt Sgt Jefferson, was wounded (source: J Brown logbook) |
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05 Jun 1944 |
PA997 |
UL-D2 |
CRISBECQ |
2110 |
0125 |
4h15 |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
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Target: Coastal gun batteries Load: 18x 500lb bombs Bombardment of coastal batteries on the eve of the D-Day invasion of France. The Squadron was allocated two coastal gun batteries; one at Crisbecq, and the other at St Martin de Varreville. |
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13 Jun 1944 |
UL-? |
Training |
nk |
nk |
1h10 |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
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Bombing; air to sea firing. |
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14 Jun 1944 |
PA997 |
UL-D2 |
LE HAVRE |
2020 |
2350 |
3h30 |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
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Target: Docks, E-boat pens, and light naval forces which were harassing the Normandy beachheads Load: 11x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs |
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16 Jun 1944 |
PA997 |
UL-D2 |
STERKRADE (HOLTEN) |
2255 |
FTR |
n/k |
P1 Plt Off A.L. Puttock |
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Target: Ruhr-Chemie AG synthetic oil plant at Holten Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, and 16x 500lb bombs Originally attributed to flak, the Lancaster was shot down at about 0135 on 17 Jun by Fw. Herbert Püchner of 6./NJG1 in his Bf-110. The bomber apparently broke up in the air and crashed at Rhade, some 9 kilometres North of Dorsten, killing five of the crew. The dead were buried initially in Dorsten Communal Cemetery but were re-interred on 21 Apr 47 at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve Plt Off A L Puttock - killed Sgt L S R Templeton - PoW Flt Sgt J Brown - killed Flt Sgt T Jefferson - killed Flt Sgt D W G Warr - PoW Flt Sgt H E Lillicrap - killed Flt Sgt C Philp - killed |
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PERSONAL INFORMATION |
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Details |
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Charles Philp was born on 17 June 1924 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, son of Charles Philp and Christina Cook. Little is known of his early life, but it appears he joined the Air Training Corps whilst at school. On 01 March 1943, he attended No.25 Air Crew Selection Board, probably in Edinburgh, and was recommended for training as an Air Gunner in the RAFVR. On 17 June 1944, he lost his life in air operations over Germany. It was his 20th birthday. He lies now at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery at Kleve, Germany, plot 17.C.10. His headstone reads, simply, 'GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN' Philp Family |
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PHOTOS & DOCUMENTS |
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Details |
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The Puttock Crew L-R: Warr, Jefferson, Lillicrap, Puttock, Templeton, Philp, and BrownSue Waugh |
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