Roll of Honour
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Rupert Chatham Frost
Linked to: Upper Heyford
Service Number: 42497
Regiment: RAF
Conflict: World War Two
Date of Death: 28th May 1940
Age at Death: 26
Burial/Memorial Location: Upper Heyford Cemetery, Oxfordshire, UK
On the previous day, 27 May 1940 two aircraft from 16 OTU at Upper Heyford were on a flight to the Bristol Channel and an air firing detail. Hampden L4156 and L4158 collided in mid-air near Ilfracombe. All the crews were killed although Rupert Frost died of his injuries the following day. Upon enrolment at King’s College London, home address given as Lunghurst Rise, Woldingham, Surrey.