LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield CHAPMAN
Service No: 404198
Born: Uralla NSW, 27 January 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 June 1940 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 452 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 452 Squadron Spitfire aircraft P7590), near St Omer, France, 9 August 1941, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Longuenesse (St Omer) Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Christopher Charles and Catherina Chapman, of Buderim Mountain, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Charleville QLD
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On a Circus mission on 9 August 1941, Sergeant Chapman flying Spitfire P7590 was shot down near St Omer by an Me109. He was seen to bale out but his parachute failed to open.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/96/68