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Kearl, Eldon Eastham DFC (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1944-January-27

Birth Date: 1920-February-26 (age 23)

Home: Cardston, Alberta

Decorations: DFC


Distinguished Service Cross
Service
RCAF
Unit
408 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/18810
408 Goose Squadron (For Freedom). Lancaster aircraft DS 709 missing during a night trip to Berlin, Germany. P/Os Alfred Smith, J.P. Parise, J.F. McManus, J.A. MacLean, Flying Officer E.R. Proud, and Pilot Officer J. Adamson (RAF) were also killed. There were three 4408 Sqdn. aircraft lost on this date. Please see Squadron Leader C.W. Smith D.F.C. and Flight Lieutenant S.R. Laine D.F.C. for information regarding the other aircraft and crew.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Home
Google MapCardston, Alberta
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany
Burial
Google MapBerlin War Cemetery
Plot 5 Row D Grave 23

Lancaster DS709

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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Lancaster Mk.II DS709

EQRAF RoundelP
Briefly with No. 426 (B) Squadron, RCAF, no major operations. Later used by No. 408 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EQ*K" and "EQ*P". Flew 14 operations, including Hanover on 18/19 October 1943, and two raids on Berlin in November 1943 (as "EQ*K"); then three more raids on Berlin as "EQ*P". Lost on last raid on Berlin on 27/28 January 1944. 7 crew killed and one PoW.

1944-01-28 Failed to Return 2022-04-14

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