Alan Charlesworth

1920 - 1943  (23 years)

• Name	Alan Charlesworth
  Born	1920	Prescot, Lancashire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Nov 1943	Plane Crash Nr the Village of Moy de L'Aisne, France   [3]
  Person ID	I9857	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Charlie Charlesworth,   b. 1882, Runcorn, Cheshire, England ,   d. 1930, Prescot, Lancashire, England  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Sarah Frances Cropper,   b. C1883, (in/of) Cheshire, England
  Married	1907	Prescot, Lancashire, England
  Family ID	F3282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Information from Phillippe Lantiez, who is a French Teacher and Historian in France, who his a specialist in WW2 air war in Picardy, and alos a volunteer in the Musium of Resiistance and Deportation in Picardy (Farginiers) . Tells us that Alan was an R.A.F. VR, the pilot of a Halifax coded KN-H serial JD247 from the 77th Sqn. Durung the return from a mission over Mannheim, the plane crashed on November 18th 1943 near the Village of Moy de L'Aisne. Alan was killed in the crash with the navigator (Sgt Frederick Reubern Wise) the other crew members managed to bail out. Two airmen were found by Fench Helpers and resistance and escaped, the others were captured by the germans and jailed at Stalag 4B.

  
  

• Sources

  [S594] Ros McHugh family History, Ros McHugh family History. [S646] Ancestry.co.uk/BMD, Ancestry.co.uk/BMD. [S894] Philippe Lantiez [Teacher & Historian, WW2 Specialist], Philippe Lantiez [Teacher & Historian, WW2 Specialist].