Inscription
Plaque
RAF
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OWEN CECIL CHAVE
FLIGHT-LIEUT R.A.F.V.R. BOMBER COMMAND
KILLED IN ACTION 14TH FEBRUARY 1943
AGED 29 YEARS
“HELP ME MY STRAIGHT TRUE COURSE TO STEER
THROUGH THE DARK LABRYNTHS OF FEAR”
Table (read left to right)
1871
CAPT. SIR BENJAMIN CHAVE K.B.E.
IN LOVING MEMORY
1954
For more information about Sir Benjamin Chave see the newspaper clippings from his death and his service record.
For more detailed information about Owen Cecil Chave, see the WW2 Highfield Casualties page or the following links:
Unit Histories
Roll-of-Honour.com
Air Crew Remembrance Society
Comments:
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Birth, Marriage & Death records obtained from Freebmd.org.uk.
For war dead the burial information was obtained from CWGC.org