Beach, Carl Adrian (Warrant Officer 2)
Killed in Action 1942-August-19
Birth Date: 1918-November-03
Born: Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
Parents: Son of Charles Spurgeon Beach and Gladys Gertrude (nee Williams) Beach of Poultney, Vermont
Spouse: Husband of Irma (nee Lang) Beach, of Rutland, Vermont
Home: Poultney, Vermont, USA
Enlistment: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment Date: 1940-October-11
Service
RCAF
Unit
88 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
En Garde Be on you guard
Base
RAF Attlebridge
Rank
Warrant Officer 2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/77144
Poultney, Vermont, USA
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Boston AL692
Mission
Boston III AL692
Bombing 1942-August-19 to 1942-August-19
88 (MB) Sqn (RAF) RAF Attlebridge
Operation Jubilee
88 Hong Kong Squadron (En Garde), RAF Attlebridge. Boston Mk III aircraft AL-692 RH- missing from an attack on targets in St Malo, France in support of the landings at Dieppe (Operation Jubilee), cause of loss unknown
Warrant Officer Class 2 Carl Adrian Beach (RCAF)(USA), Sergeant Dennis Findley James Hinde (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant Peter Stanley Woolston (RAFVR) were all missing, presumed killed in action. The missing have no known grave but are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant J L Senour (RCAF) survived the crash and was rescued by an RAF High Speed Launch
The Greatest Air Battle, Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Norman Franks, pages 70-72,231
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III of Dieppe: 3 killed I Bureau of Aircra...
Boston AL692 III - Bombing - 1942-08-19 to 1942-08-19
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88 Hong Kong Squadron (En Garde), RAF Attlebridge. Boston Mk III aircraft AL-692 RH- missing from an attack on targets in St Malo, France in support of the landings at Dieppe (Operation Jubilee), cause of loss unknown
Warrant Officer Class 2 Carl Adrian Beach (RCAF)(USA), Sergeant Dennis Findley James Hinde (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant Peter Stanley Woolston (RAFVR) were all missing, presumed killed in action. The missing have no known grave but are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant J L Senour (RCAF) survived the crash and was rescued by an RAF High Speed Launch
The Greatest Air Battle, Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Norman Franks, pages 70-72,231
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III of Dieppe: 3 killed I Bureau of Aircra...