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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	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
5401	Carson	Richard	Sergeant	1033235			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	103Sqn	1942-10-06	Halifax	II	W1189	PM-E	Elsham Wolds	1912	Osnabruck	Claim by Hermann Greiner 11/NJG1 - Wadden Sea 25km West of Harlingen (probably Tiger): 2,800m at 2324hrs. Also claimed by Flak of 6/Marine Flak Abt 246 battery Terschelling-Ost (unspecified aircraft 2316) and by 4/lei Flak Abt 845 (Wellington Texel 300m 2317-2320). Victory Oblt Greiner confirmed on 18 Aug 1944. Marine Flak victory confirmed as 30th confirmed victory of Marine Flak 246 on 7 Nov 1942	Killed	Ameland (NES) General Cemetery Plot D Row 13 Grave 20			The body of Sgt Carson was washed up Ameland 17 Nov 1942
5402	Carson	J E	Flying Officer							Bomber Command	78Sqn	1944-07-20	Halifax	III	LV901	EY-	Breighton	2254	Bottrop	Undercarriage collapsed at base on return
5403	Carson	Kit L	2nd Lt	O-757950		USA	Pilot		USAAF	474th Fighter Group	429th Fighter Squadron	1944-08-05	P-38 Lightning							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5404	Carson	Leonard K	1st Lt	O-742962		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-04-08	P-51 Mustang							0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5405	Carson	Leonard K	1st Lt	O-742962		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-04-13	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5406	Carson	Leonard K	1st Lt	O-742962		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-05-28	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5407	Carson	Leonard K	1st Lt	O-742962		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-05-30	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5408	Carson	Leonard K	Captain	O-742962		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-07-25	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5409	Carson	Leonard K	Captain	O-742962		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-07-29	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5410	Carson	Leonard K	Captain	O-742962		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-11-02	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5411	Carson	Leonard K	Captain	O-742962		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-11-27	P-51 Mustang							5 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5412	Carson	Leonard K	Captain	O-742962		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-02	P-51 Mustang							2 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5413	Carson	Leonard K	Captain	O-742962		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-05	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5414	Carson	Leonard K	Captain	O-742962		USA	Pilot		USAAF	357th Fighter Group	362nd Fighter Squadron	1944-12-24	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5415	Carsten	Ernest M	2nd Lt	O-757951		USA	Pilot		USAAF	474th Fighter Group	430th Fighter Squadron	1944-07-18	P-38 Lightning							0.33 Luftwaffe destroyed					Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
5416	Carswell	R	Flying Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-12-22	Lancaster	I	NG303	AS-P	Kirmington	1522	Koblenz	Crash landed at Leeming
5417	Carswell	John C.	Staff Sergeant	32502466	1918	American	Left Waist Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	704th Bomber Squadron (446th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-07-31	B-24 Hula Wahine II	H	42-52467	FL:E	Bungay (Station #125), Suffolk, England		Ludwigshafen, Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia, Germany, now Żagań in Poland					Archive Report
5418	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
5419	Carter	A G	Flying Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-11-18	Lancaster	III	PB541	AR-E2	Binbrook	1537	Wanne-Eickel		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
5420	Carter	A K	Flying Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	463Sqn RAAF	1944-07-04	Lancaster	I	HK536	JO-H	Waddington	2321	St-Leu	Crashed at Ellecourt {Seine-Maritime}	Killed	Ellecourt Communal Cemetery
5421	Carter	D A	Pilot Officer						RAAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-03-15	Lancaster	III	ND557	MG-F	Oakington	1939	Stuttgart		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
5422	Carter	Victor Charles	Flying Officer	55210	Age 24		Air Bomber		RAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1944-05-17	Halifax	V	LK736	NF-?			Training	Crash landed at Great Barford	Killed	Broughton Churchyard, Flintshire (St. Mary)			some brief details here: Read Archive Report
5423	Carter	Edward James	Wing Commander Pilot	70770				DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-06-05	Lancaster	III	ND739	OF-Z	Coningsby	256	St-Pierre-du-Mont	Lost without trace	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 200
5424	Carter	Martin John	Sergeant	1811354			Air/Bmr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-08-12	Lancaster	I	LM180	JI-G	RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire	2144	Russelheim	See archive report for further details	Evaded - returned to UK in September 1944	None - survived the war			Archive Report
5425	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
5426	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
5427	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
5428	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
5429	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
5430	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
5431	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
5432	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
5433	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
5434	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
5435	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
5436	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
5437	Carter	Arthur Charles	Flight Lieutenant	61006			Pilot	DFC DFC Bar	RAFVR	Bomber Command	109 Sqn	1944-06-02	Mosquito	XVI	ML962	HS:?	Little Staughton	23:28	Leverkusen	Hit by flak which damaged the controls and the port engines. Regained the south coast, but was abandoned circa 02:50 near Caterham, Surrey, crashing into the front garden of a house in Ridgemount Avenue, Coulston. A blazing fuel tank was thrown into the roof of a dwelling in Woodlands Grove, killing 18 month old Alan Roote and injuring his parents who were admitted to Purley Hospital.	Survived				DFC awarded whilst with 109 Sqn, gazetted 7th July 1944. Citation reads "Flight Lieutenant Arthur Charles CARTER (61006), R.A.F.V.R., 109 Sqn. Flying Officer Ernest Walter GARRETT (Can/J. 16299), R.C.A.F., 109 Sqn. These officers were pilot and navigator respectively of an aircraft detailed to attack Leverkusen one night in June, 1944. When nearing'the target the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire which damaged the port tail plane. Just afterwards both the port engines were affected when ano'ther shell burst underneath' the aircraft. Nevertheless, Flight Lieutenant Carter maintained a steady run and the target was successfully attacked. Almost immediately the aircraft was again hit. The elevator and aileron controls were severed. A measure of control was lost but' Flight Lieutenant Carter succeeded in bringing the bomber level and a course was set for home. Soon after leaving the target one of the damaged engines, caught fire and had to be. put out of action. The aircraft gradually lost height but Flight Lieutenant Carter held resolutely to.his course and finally reached an airfield. This officer dispayed skill, gallantry and devotion to duty of a high order. Flying Officer Garrett also proved himself to be a valiant and devoted member of aircraft crew.' In the face of most harassing circumstances he navigated his aircraft with unerring skill and also rendered other assistance >to his pilot in his endeavours to reach this country." Bar to DFC awarded to Sqn.Ldr. Carter, whilst with 109 Sqn, gazetted 16th January 1945
5438	Carter	J A	Sergeant							Bomber Command	12Sqn	1944-12-15	Lancaster	I	PD201	PH-E	Wickenby	1507	Ludwigshafen	Crashed & exploded at Holbeach Drove Lincs	Killed
5439	Carter	J D	Pilot Officer							Bomber Command	12Sqn	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	JB405	PH-H	Wickenby	2148	Maiily-le-Camp	Crashed Beauchery-St-Martin {Seine-et-Marne}	Killed	Beauchery Communal Cemetery
5440	Carter	J W	Warrant Officer	AUS-412912			Pilot			Fighter	137Sqn	1944-04-01	Typhoon	Ib	MN145	B			Patrol		Killed	Runnymede Memorial United Kingdom
5441	Carter	James Harold	Pilot Officer	174242			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	141 Sqn	1944-06-21	Mosquito	II	DD732	TW:S	West Raynham	23:30	BS	Support to the twin raids on Scholven-Buer ans Wesseling. Damaged by flak and found on return to base that the undercarriage could not be lowered. The crew abandoned the aircraft over the airfield at 02:45 leaving the Mosquito to fall at Hill House farm near Swaffham, Norfolk.	Uninjured
5442	Carter	T S	Sergeant							Bomber Command	158Sqn	1944-08-25	Halifax	III	MZ854	NP-O	Lissett	1826	Watten	Crash landed at Woodbridge
5443	Carter	Chris	Flying Officer	53362			Air Gunner		RAF	Bomber Command	161 Sqn	1944-08-27	Halifax	V	LL388	MA:W	Tempsford	21:50	SOE	Six containers and three packages were intended for this operation and three agents and one package were intended for Operation STALKING. The aircraft crashed at meadow 'de Steenoven' in Henriëttewaard near Engelen	POW No. 5453, Stalag Luft 1					Archive
5444	Carter	J B	Sergeant							Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-06-12	Lancaster	III	LM581	AS-X	Kirmington	2238	Gelsenkirchen	Crashed near Tongeren {Gelderland}	Killed	Epe General Cemetery
5445	Carter	S W	Sergeant							Bomber Command	207Sqn	1944-01-20	Lancaster	III	ED698	EM-S		1657	Berlin	Crashed on take off
5446	Carter	N	Pilot Officer				Pilot			Fighter	257Sqn	1944-03-11	Typhoon	Ib	JR151	K			Roadstead		PoW
5447	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
5448	Carter	Ronald	Sergeant	1620578		British			RAFVR	Bomber Command	44Sqn	1944-07-17	Lancaster	III	ND517	KM-U	Dunholme Lodge	430	Caen		PoW No: 41 Camp Stalag Luft Heydekrug
5449	Carter	H W	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	46Sqn	1944-03-18	Lancaster	III	LM306	KM-L	Dunholme Lodge	1900	Frankfurt	Crashed Altenkircten	PoW
5450	Carter	L T	Sergeant							Bomber Command	51Sqn	1944-11-21	Halifax	III	NR129	MH-M	Snaith	1721	Gravenhorst	Collided with 346Sqn Halifax NA557 over Thynes	Killed	Leopoldsburg War Cemetery