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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
2451	Cartan	Frederick Paul	Pilot Officer	R/190906	Age 22	Canada	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1944-10-14	Halifax	III	LW391	KW-J		RAF Tholthorpe, Yorkshire	2300	Duisburg	See Archive report - Information courtesy John Jones	Killed	Leopoldsburg War Cemetery. Grave VI.E.18	Courtesy John Jones	Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron. Born on the 18th August 1922 in Toronto. Son of Frederick Henry Cartan and Anna Theresa Cartan (née Smitzler), of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Barbara Clowes Cartan (née Noxon), whom he married on the 16th October 1943 in Winnipeg.	Archive report
2452	Carter	J A	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-05-11	Lancaster	III	JB733	PM-K		Elsham Wolds	2158	Hassett	Crashed Loehout	Killed	Schoonlselhof Cemetery {Antwerpen} Belgium		Paradie Archive Database
2453	Carter	J A	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-03-26	Lancaster	III	ND402	PM-		Elsham Wolds	1951	Essen	Crash at base on return				Paradie Archive Database
2454	Carter	H W T	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	106Sqn	1944-08-27	Lancaster	III	JB593	ZN-T		Metheringham	2030	Konigsberg		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
2455	Carter	J T	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	15Sqn	1943-10-07	Stirling	III	EH990	LS-K		Mildenhall	1838	Gardening	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
2456	Carter	H M	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	214Sqn	1945-03-20	Fortress	III	HB785	BU-A		Oulton	2340	BS		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2457	Carter	G H F	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1943-02-13	Halifax	II	W7885	TL-B		Graveley	1820	Lorient	Abandoned near Carhaix France	Evader			Paradie Archive Database
2458	Carter	G H F	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1943-02-03	Halifax	II	W7923	TL-D		Graveley	1847	Hamburg	Crash landed on return to base				Paradie Archive Database
2459	Carter	G H F	Squadron Leader					DFC & Bar	RCAF	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1944-02-19	Halifax	III	HX325	TL-J		Graveley	2351	Leipzig	Abandoned near Beeden bostel	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
2460	Carter	G H F	Flight Lieutenant						RCAF	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1943-12-20	Halifax	III	HX328	TL-J		Graveley	1729	Frankfurt	Crashed at base on return				Paradie Archive Database
2461	Carter	Albert Martin	Flight Sergeant	R/91412	10 March 1920 at Orillia, Ontario, Canada	Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-10-01	Halifax	II	W7710	LQ-R 'Ruhr Valley Express'		RAF Topcliffe, North Riding of Yorkshire	1753	Flensburg	Coned by 1 Res/Flakscheinw Abt 609 (Werfer 12). Shot down by 1-4 Res Flak Abt 306 and 1-3/lei Flak Abt 755 near Flensburg Klushof Niehuus at 2236hrs. Crashed Niehuus 6km NNW of Flensburg. Nachtjagd Combat Archives The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten	Killed	Kiel War Cemetery Plot 4 Row A Grave 2		Paradie Archive Database	Initially buried at Friedenshugel Cemetery Flensburg on 6 Oct 1942 Son of Albert Edward and Mary Etta Carter, of Orillia, Ontario, Canada	Archive Report W7710
2462	Carter	J W	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-08-16	Lancaster	III	PB239	LQ-D		Gransden Lodge	2115	Kiel	Crashed off Denmark	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
2463	Carter	R E	Flight Lieutenant	J17002					RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1943-06-11	Halifax	II	JB972	EQ-Q		Leeming	2251	Dusseldorf	Crashed target area	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
2464	Carter	A V	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-12-05	Halifax	VII	LW200	OW-N		Linton On Ouse	1801	Soest	Crashed at Rugby Warwickshire after colliding with 428 Sqn Lancaster KB768 NA-E	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2465	Carter	Charles Murray	Fl/Lt.	J/16830				DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF		Halifax	II				RAF Middleton St. George							Paradie Archive Database	rep.23 Mar 1945 ret.13 Sep 1945
2466	Carter	J H	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1945-01-28	Lancaster	X	KB763	NA-S		Middleton St George	1429	Training	Crashed near Stockton on Tees Durham	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2467	Carter	G C	Sergeant	R119839					RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-05-04	Wellington	X	HE727	NA-K		Dalton	2234	Dortmund	Crashed at Wilnis	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
2468	Carter	N E	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	V	LL197	AL-L		Leeming	1612	Berlin	Crashed at Zeetze	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2469	Carter	Roy Edward	Flying Officer	J/28855	2 Mar 1921	Canadian	Navigator	MiD	RCAF	Bomber Command	431 Sqn RCAF	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	NA514	SE-B		RAF Croft, Yorkshire	2224	Sterkrade, Germany	See Archive Report	Evaded/Murdered	Runnymede War Memorial Panel 245		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
2470	Carter	R G	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-07-25	Halifax	III	MZ858	SE-Y		Croft	2111	Stuttgart	Crashed at Offingen	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2471	Carter	D B	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	433Sqn RCAF	1944-04-18	Halifax	III	LV971	BM-N		Skipton on Swale	2030	Noisy-le-Sec	Crashed target area	Killed	Clichy New Communal Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2472	Carter	F E	Squadron Leader						RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1944-02-15	Halifax	V	LK971	WL-Y		Croft	1719	Berlin		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
2473	Carter	R G	Pilot Officer					DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	467Sqn RAAF	1943-08-17	Lancaster	III	LM342	PO-		Bottesford	2145	Peenemunde	Crashed in the Baltic	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
2474	Carter	F M	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	622Sqn	1943-08-31	Stirling	III	EF119	GI-Q		Mildenhall	2020	Berlin	Abandoned and crashed near Osterode	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2475	Carter	D N	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-08-16	Lancaster	I	LL972	LE-T		East Kirkby	2057	Stettin		Killed	Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Poland		Paradie Archive Database
2476	Carter	Herbert	Sergeant	1381159			Observer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1942-11-16	Stirling	I	W7566	OJ-C		Lakenheath	1721	Gardening	On the night of 16/17 November Oberleutnant Reinhald Knacke and his bordfunker, Unteroffizier Heu of 1./NJG1 destroyed a Short Stirling when 65 aircraft were engaged in ‘Gardening’ operations from Lorient to the Friesian Islands, Short Stirling I W7566 OJ-C on 149 Squadron flown by Sergeant Thomas Anderson West and two Wellingtons tailed to return from the night’s operations. The Stirling had taken oft from Lakenheath at 1721 hours. Leu picked it up on his Li set at 16,350 feet at 4,000 yards distant. Knacke peered out in the direction of the plot but could not see him for the vision of the human eye in the dark is not more than 100 to 200 yards. His nerves were at breaking point but West was still flying calmly towards the defence zone and would only be at action stations once the first searchlight was turned on. West was taking no avoiding action. Knacke gave full throttle and rapidly closed the distance. Suddenly Heu reported a new contact at 2,000 yards distance as another Viermot crossed their field slowly, from north to south. For a moment Knacke was undecided which opponent to pursue and then he decided on the nearest Viermot. The enemy machine had begun to weave and was now travelling on the Li set alternately from port to starboard and back. Heu gave Knacke the final Li readings but three pairs of eves scanned the sky in vain for his shadow. Knacke finally shot the Stirling down into the sea off Vielle-Sce-Gironde. In his excitement Knacke fired immediately into the full petrol tanks. Flight Sergeant Cecil Robert McMullin RCAF the rear gunner lost his head, abandoned his machine guns and bailed out, landing right in the propeller of Knacke’s 110, There was a dull thud, which made the Messerschmitt shudder. The engine began to vibrate so badly that Knacke had to shut it down. He landed his clumsy 110 at Venlo on one engine. Mechanics rushed over and lit up the machine. By the light of their torches they could still see traces of blood and hair on the propeller. Strips of uniform were hanging on the antennae of the Li. The fate of the Canadian gunner upset everyone. McMullin was buried at Hourtin Communal Cemetery while the body of Sergeant Herbert Carter, the only other bady that was recovered from the sea was laid to rest at Vielle-Ste-Gironde Communal Cemetery. All the other members of the crew have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Extract from Nachtjagd Defenders of the Reich 1940-1943 (Martin W Bowman)	Killed	Vielle-St. Girone (St Girons) Communal Cemetery			The body of Sgt Cater was found on a beach in Leon on 27 Dec 1942
2477	Carter	G F	Sergeant							Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-01-28	Halifax	V	LL181	SE-Q		Croft	.0012.	Berlin		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
2478	Carter	Arthur Reginald	Flight Lieutenant	J/15673		Canadian	Pilot	DFC	RCAF	Fighter Command	409Sqn RCAF	1944-08-09	Mosquito	XIII	HK406	KP-	4	RAF Hunsdon	15:30	Test flight	Starboard engine sheared off aircraft causing spin and fatal crash	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery, 43. A. 6. United Kingdom		Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
2479	Carter-Edwards	Edward	Sergeant	R186108		Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunnerss		RCAF	Bomber Command	427 (Lion) Sqn, RCAF	1944-06-07	Halifax	III	LV987	ZL:K		Leeming	23:00	Acheres	LV987 was claimed by Hptm. Kurt Fladrich, his 11th Abschuss, from 9./NJG4, over Meulan, 5 km NE of Limay at 1.500 m at 01:26 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten). Aircraft crashed at Gaillon sur Montcient (Yvelines), 2 km NW of Meulan	PoW, 78361 Buchenwald, PoW No. 8928 Stalag Luft 3			Paradie Archive Database	Whilst evading he was betrayed and arrested by the Gestapo then and taken to the Fresnes prison located to the south of Paris. This was were French political prisoners were held and ordinarily Allied airmen, after questioning, were moved to a PoW Camp. In the summer of 1944, with the Allies having liberated Paris and closing in, the Gestapo guards started reducing the prison population by execution, and then relocating surviving prisoners to various concentration camps east of France. On the 15th August 1944 he was one of 169 Allied PoWs and hundreds of French men and women who were packed into a freight train and transported to Buchenwald concentration camp on a journey lasting five days. Note: Fg Off. J.M. Stevenson C27788 RCAF escaped from the train and successfully evaded. Buchenwald was located 8 km north of Weimar, in the German province of Thüringen. Sqn Ldr. Lamason and Fg Off. Chapman succeeded in getting all but two of the Allied PoWs transferred to Stalag Luft 3. Two airmen, 1st Lt. Levitt Clinton Beck Jr. O-736945, US AAF and Fg Off. Philip Derek Hermmens, 152583, RAFVR, died in the camp hospital.
2480	Cartier	Joseph L. L.	Flying Officer				Air Bomber		RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-12-23	Lancaster	X	KB715	VR-T		RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham	1206	Lohausen	See archive report for full details	PoW - injured and treated in hospital	None - thought to have survived the war		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
2481	Cartier	J L R F	Pilot Officer	J17165					RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1943-03-29	Wellington	III	BK564	NA-R		Dalton	1934	Bochum	Crashed near Gelsenkirchen	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2482	Cartmell	Robert Joseph “Bobby”	Pilot Officer	J/15883	21 Apr 1918	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	214Sqn	1942-09-13	Stirling	I	R9166	BU-H		Stradishall	37	Bremen	Aircraft crashed Barrien 16km South of Bremen (Flak?). Crew initially buried in the Vechta (Russian) Cemetery	Killed	Sage War Cemetery Plot 14 Row B Grave 12			Husband to Mrs J E Cartmell, St Catherine Ontario Parents divorced- Father Mr Joseph Aloysius Cartmell, Thorold Ontario. Mother Mrs Daisy Cartmell, Thorold Ontario
2483	Cartwright	G S	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1942-11-09	Wellington	III	BJ764	KW-		Dishforth	1733	Hamburg	Crashed at Beetley NFK	Killed	Dishforth		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
2484	Cartwright	L W	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1944-06-12	Halifax	III	LW135	ZL-R		Leeming	2310	Arras	Crashed at Foncquevillers {Pas-de-Calais}	Killed	Foncquevilliers Military Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2485	Cartwright	D L	Flying Officer	124313						Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1943-03-09	Wellington	III	BK429	AL-		East Moor	1852	Gardening	?	Killed	Runnymede
2486	Cartwright	P F	Flight Sergeant	1271192						Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1943-04-16	Wellington	X	HE379	SE-H		Bourn	2110	Mannheim	Crashed at Hochspeyer	PoW
2487	Carty	Harry Dennis Gordon	Sergeant	1334945		UK	Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1943-03-29	Wellington	III	BK540	AL-		East Moor	1945	Bochum	Disapeared over North Sea	Killed	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 144. United Kingdom		Accident report	Archive report	CWGC
2488	Carvajal	E R	Flight Sergeant	R124106					RCAF	Bomber Command	425Sqn RCAF	1943-04-11	Wellington	X	HE491	KW-B		Dishforth	2110	Gardening	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database	First French Canadian squadron
2489	Cary	E S	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	149Sqn (East India)	1944-08-06	Stirling	III	LK383	OJ-A		Methwold	2101	Gardening		Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
2490	Caryi	Charles Joseph Anthony	Flight Sergeant Air Gunner	R/183314					RCAF	Bomber Command	153Sqn	1945-02-14	Lancaster	I	NN803	P4-O		RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire	2005	Operation Thunderclap Chemnitz	Shot down by Ofw. Heinrich Schmidt of 2./NJG6	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. Grave 1.F.12.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
2491	Caryll	Ian Brian	Flight Sergeant	R74777	5 June 1921, Jamaica		Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	156Sqn	1942-07-28	Wellington	III	BJ592	GT-		Alconbury	2242	Hamburg	Shot down by Flak. Crashed Fischbecker Moor near the village of Vierzigstuecken 9km NE of Buxtehude 4 miles West of Hamburg.	Killed	Becklingen War Cemetery Plot 14 Row F Grave 10.		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Linda M. Caryll of St. Andrew, Jamaica, and the late Caryl G B Caryll.
2492	Casaubon	J N G R	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	50Sqn	1944-04-24	Lancaster	III	ND876	UN-Z		Skellingthorpe	2053	Munchen	Crashed Munchen-Laim	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
2493	Case	T E	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	156Sqn	1943-02-19	Lancaster	III	ED485	GT-		Warboys	1807	Wilhelmshaven	?	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
2494	Case	W R	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	214Sqn	1943-08-31	Stirling	III	EE970	BU-B		Chedburgh	2042	Berlin	Crashed at Charlottenfelde	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
2495	Case	E E	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1943-11-18	Halifax	V	LK640	SE-Q		Tholthorpe	1722	Mannheim	Crashed in the sea	Killed			Paradie Archive Database
2496	Case	J T R E	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1945-04-08	Lancaster	X	KB752	VR-V		Middleton St George	1917	Hamburg	Abandoned
2497	Casey		Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1944-09-28	Stirling	IV	LJ932	NF-N		Tempsford	1936	SOE	Crash landed at Ludford Magna				Paradie Archive Database
2498	Casey	R F	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	35Sqn (Madras Presidency)	1942-07-13	Halifax	II	W1154	TL-A		Linton on Ouse	2355	Duisburg	Crashed near Canterbury	Killed			Paradie Archive Database
2499	Casey	E R O	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1945-04-13	Lancaster	X	KB784	NA-K		Middleton St George	2020	Kiel	Ditched	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
2500	Casey	A M	Warrant Officer Class 2						RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-05-08	Halifax	III	MZ521	SE-T		Croft	116	Haine-St-Pierre	Crashed Zwevezele {West-Vlaanderen}	Evader			Paradie Archive Database