Took off from Lichfield at 19.48, as part of the 1,000 Bomber raid on the German city of Essen on 16th Sept. 1942. While over Essen, a burst of flak destroyed the aircrafts port aileron The pilot R. A. Curle of the R.A.F. showed great skill in getting the bomber back to the South coast of Britain. By this time the bomber was almost impossible to control and the crew were told to bale out. All survived and must have felt very lucky not to have been killed. Chapman finished his training and went on to serve in 460 Squadron. Sadly, on the 25th of October 1942, Chapman was on leave in Torquay and died there, when the hotel that he was staying in was hit by an enemy bomb.

Took off from Lichfield at 19.48, as part of the 1,000 Bomber raid on the German city of Essen on 16th Sept. 1942. While over Essen, a burst of flak destroyed the aircrafts port aileron The pilot R. A. Curle of the R.A.F. showed great skill in getting the bomber back to the South coast of Britain. By this time the bomber was almost impossible to control and the crew were told to bale out. All survived and must have felt very lucky not to have been killed. Chapman finished his training and went on to serve in 460 Squadron. Sadly, on the 25th of October 1942, Chapman was on leave in Torquay and died there, when the hotel that he was staying in was hit by an enemy bomb.