Hyman Chaim Mordecai Kahler

Flight Engineer, 75 (New Zealand) Squadron
Service number 1803280
Died 19 April 1944
Buried Gram Churchyard, Denmark
Age 21

Headstone Inscription
‘CHAIM MORDECHAI SON OF MOSHE DIED FOR HIS NATION. 21 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED’

Hyman was the son of Morris and Etty Rachel née Levene of Whitechapel, London.

Click on the links below for Hyman’s story.

Further information on the crew’s operations can be found on the link. H.J. Murray crew 11.2.44 † | 75(NZ)squadron (wordpress.com) Courtesy Simon Sommerville

Resources

Hymie’s ancestry and early life Download
Miriam’s storyDownload
Operation Download
Memorial ServiceDownload

Gallery

  • Goody, Hymie’s Grandmother
  • Moishe, Hymie’s Grandfather
  • 1911 Census
  • 1939 Register
  • Hymie at camp in 1939. He was told off by his mother when she saw he was smoking a pipe!
  • Reverse of camp photo
  • Family photo
  • Hyman in photo dated 1 Dec 1943
  • Flying Log Book cover
  • Flying Log 1
  • Flying Log 2
  • Flying Log 3
  • Flying Log 4
  • Flying Log 5
  • Flying Log 6
  • Flying Log 7
  • Flying Log 8
  • Flying Log 9
  • Flying Log 10
  • Air Ministry Missing Letter
  • Letter from Rabbi Brodie
  • Jewish Chronicle
  • Wreaths at Gram Churchyard
  • Gram Church
  • Memorial at Gram Churchyard
  • POW sketch which states Hyman was known as Harry. Photo credit 75 Sqn Assoc.
  • Memorial Plaque in Beer Sheva Synagogue, Israel
  • Memorial Plaque in Beer Sheva Synagogue, Israel
  • Miriam
  • Miriam’s poem