Charles Edwin Parkin was born in 1915, son of James and Annie Parkin. He was married to Joyce Emily Mary Parkin. 

Not much is known about Charles. He joined the R.A.F. at an unknown date and became an air bomber, flying on Halifaxes with 51 Squadron.

On 25/26 July 1943, P/O Charles Parkin and his crew participated in a raid to Essen.  The crew consited of:

F/O J.S.Cole
Sgt L.A.Taylor
P/O John Stanley Smyth
P/O Charles Edwin Parkin
Sgt F.A.J.Edwards
P/O J.Sarginson
Sgt George Clark Thompson

 

 

 

51 Squadron

 


 

P/O Parkin and his crew took off from their base at Snaith at 22.26 in Halifax HR934.

They were lost without a trace. They crashed in the North Sea. The cause of their demise is not known.

The bodies of the crew eventually washed ashore on Dutch beached. P/O Parkin's body washed ashore on the Dutch coast near Castricum and was interred here.

Sgt Thompson, P/O Smyth and P/O Parkin are buried at Castricum , F/O Cole and Sgt Taylor are buried at Bergen, PO Sarginson is buried at Vlieland and Sgt Edwards is buried at Bergen op Zoom.

P/O Charles Parkin rests at Castricum Protestant Cemetery, Plot J. grave 1.


Castricum, The Netherlands

See Also:
F/O J.S.Cole
Sgt L.A.Taylor
P/O John Smyth
Sgt F.A.J.Edwards
P/O J.Sarginson
Sgt George Thompson

Other casualties of 51 Squadron buried in The Netherlands

Sources and Acknowledgements:
lostbombers.co.uk

RAF Squadron crest © Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Directions to Castricum Protestant Cemetery

Posted 1 February 2009


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