Whapham, Alan Owen
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Whapham |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Alan Owen |
| Date of birth | 20 February 1913 |
| Place of birth | Uckfield Registration District |
| Family details | Son of Owen Thomas Whapham and Kathleen Whapham; husband of Katharine Grace Whapham, of Hampstead, London. |
| Previous education | Erith County Secondary |
| College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1931-1934 |
| Dept / course | Faculty of Medicine |
| Military unit | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 279 Squadron |
| Service number | 121258 |
| War / conflict | World War Two (1939-1945) |
| Date of death | 24/08/1943 |
| Age at death | 30 |
| Rank at death | Flying Officer |
| Commemoration(s) | King’ s College; Runnymede Memorial; University of London O.T.C. & S.T.C. |
| Notes | Alan Whapham’s Hudson, and another, had gone to the aid of a Stirling crew who had ditched off the coast of Denmark. They dropped a lifeboat but shortly after the two Hudsons and the lifeboat were attacked by two Messerschmitt Bf110s. Wapham’s Hudson was shot down and the other one damaged. The lifeboat was attacked and sunk. The bodies of the crew were never found. http://www.flensted.eu.com |
| Sources | King’ s College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission |