Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- C F J Sprack -

Name

Charles Frederick John Sprack, Son of Harry Frederick and Dora Sprack, of Brading, Isle of Wight.
 
Service details

Pilot Officer 51343 Charles Frederick John Sprack, (Air Gunner) DFM, Royal Air Force

CWGC record ...

His name is recorded on the Brading War Memorial

Date of Death :	13th June 1943 aged 24
Where buried or commemorated :	Runnymede Memorial
Aircraft :	Avro Lancaster Mk.III ED603 OL-O of 83 Sqn
Crew
Pilot :	Flt Lt E A Tilbury	CWGC record ...
Flight Engineer :	Pilot Officer A B Smart, DFM	CWGC record ...
Navigator :	Pilot Officer H E Howsam	CWGC record ...
Air Bomber :	Flt Sgt A G Fletcher, RCAF	CWGC record ...
Wireless Operator :	Flt Sgt R E Moore, DFM	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Pilot Officer C F J Sprack, DFM	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Flying Officer G R Sugar	CWGC record ...

The aircraft took off at 23.01 hrs from RAF Wyton, and crashed into the Ijseelmeer, off the Dutch coast. Four bodies were retrieved and buried in cemeteries in Friesland. Three crewmen are commemorated at Runnymede. P/O Sprack came from Brading, Isle of Wight.

Information provided by : John Bloodworth