Birth Date: 1917
Born:
Hugh & Eva Carkner
Home: Ormond, Ontario (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Base
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
R/74488
6 Operational Training Unit. The pilot of Hudson aircraft T-9378 undershot the approach at Thornaby and crashed into some trees.
Killed includes Carkner: Sergeant Alfa Powell RAF KIA St Cynog, Heol yr Eglwys, Ystradgynlais Swansea Plot B. New part. Row 4. Grave 15. Sergeant Jack Ernest Taylor RAF KIA Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery Sec. G. Grave 306A.
The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons. National Air Force Museum of Canada.
Ormond, Ontario (parents)
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