APPLETON Charles Henry

  • First Name(s):
    Charles 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    APPLETON
  • Service Number:
    24139
  • Rank:

    Group Captain

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force
  • Air Force Unit:
    124 Wing
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    12th August 1944
  • Age At Death:
    38
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, France, Grave IV. C. 14.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Captain Henry M. Appleton and Maud Appleton; husband of Yvonne Marjarie Appleton, of Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia

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Further Information About APPLETON Charles Henry

Awarded C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C.

Charles Appleton was born 1906. He attended Malvern College from 1920 to 1924.

The Malvernian, July 1943
Birthday Honours List
C.B.E. Gr. Capt. C.H. Appleton, D.S.O., D.F.C., R.A.F. (ss 20-24)

Charles Appleton was born at Ballincolig, Ireland in 1906. He joined the Royal Air Force on probation in 1927 becoming a Pilot Officer in 1928. Rising through the ranks, at the outbreak of war in 1939 he was in command of No 77 (Bomber) Squadron. He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) in 1940 and further promoted until he reached the rank of Group Captain in 1942. On the 12th August 1944 he was pilot of Hawker Typhoon ZY-G MN928 when he was shot down by flak near Flers.

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