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F/O. Charles Chancellor Hebden
Royal Canadian Air Force 407 Sqdn.
from:Dresden, Ontario, Canada
(d.30th June 1943)
Charles Hebden was born in Dresden, Ontario. He enlisted at Windsor, Ontario on 30th January 1941, aged 30, and was sent to Brandon, Manitoba. He was awarded the air gunner's badge and commissioned as a pilot officer on 13th October 1941. He married on 18th October 1941 in Putnam, Ontario. On 12th November 1941 he embarked for overseas. He was promoted to flying officer on 1st October 1942. He was posted to RCAF Headquarters, Park Heaton in England on 2nd February 1943 and then to No. 407 Squadron on 6th June 1943. He was reported missing over the Bay of Biscay on 30th June 1943.