Carey, Leslie Ernest (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-June-29

Sergeant Leslie Ernest Carey RCAF

Birth Date: 1918

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Home: Perkins Mills,Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

35 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Uno Anima Agimus We Act with One Accord

Base

RAF Graveley

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Flight Engineer

Service Numbers

R/125005

Home
Google MapPerkins Mills,Quebec
Target
Google MapCologne Germany
Final Burial
Google MapCWG Cemetery
Coll grave 6 D 1-20

Took off from Graveley at 23:27 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code TL-F Bomber Command) on an operation to Cologne Germany.

Out-bound the aircraft was badly damaged by a night fighter but remained in the air and headed for Sweden crashing into the sea 15 kilometres short of its goal.

Killed includes Carey: Pilot Officer Graham Thomas Beveridge RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Belgium grave 9. F. 7. Sergeant Francis Cyril Compton RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. D. 1-20. Sergeant William Hughes RAF KIA Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. D. 1-20.

POWs: Sergeant Henry Charles Billett RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Stanley Kiran Gordon-Powell RAF POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Pilot Officer Ralph John Taylor RAF POW camp not listed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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