Thursday 2nd May 2024 a remembrance ceremony was organised by the Australian Airforce in honour of Flight Sergeant C.C. Atkin.  In the presence of family members.

Flight Sergeant Charles Carr ATKIN - 12316 - 28 O.T.U. Royal Australian Air Force

Died 05 March 1943 Age 27

Australian, Son of George and Amy Atkin; husband of Jessie Hamilton Atkin, of East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.

Wellington IC Z1109   05 Mar 4328 Operational Training Unit

Aircraft failed to return from an operational flight, enemy action, near Breskens, Holland, 5 March 1943. Took off 2350 4 Mar 1943 from RAF Wymeswold. Hit by Flak and abandoned by most of the crew after which the Wellington fell into the sea at 0145 5 Mar 1943 off the Dutch port of Vlissingen.

Crew

Flight Sergeant Charles Carr ATKIN (12316) RAAF

Sergeant Joseph Anthony MOLLOY (1621707) RAF Runnymede Memorial: Panel 159.

Prisoners of War for Wellington IC Z1109

Sergeant Clinton GUNNING (1315314) Stalag 344 Lamsdorf

Sergeant Gerald Stanley LOVEDAY (1303116) Stalag 344 Lamsdorf

Sergeant Robert Holden ROSKELL (1030795) Stalag 344 Lamsdorf