Carlson, Elmer Kenneth (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-September-12

Flight Sergeant Elmer Kenneth Carlson RCAF

Birth Date: 1925

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Home: Pleasantdale,Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

619 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ad Altiora To higher things

Base

RAF Dunholme Lodge

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/218011

Home
Google MapPleasantdale,Saskatchewan
Target
Google MapDarmstadt Germany
Final Burial
Google MapDurnbach War Cemetery
Plot 6 Row C Coll Grave 6-9

Took off from Dunholme Lodge at 20:48 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code PG-O Bomber Command) on an operation to Darmstadt Germany.

Crashed at 00:15 2 km SW of Hausen vor der Höhe 6 km SSW from Bad Schwalbach Germany.

Killed: Flight Sergeant Elmer Kenneth Carlson RCAF R/218011 Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. C. 6-9. Flying Officer Cyril Bernard Dockrey RCAF J/35152 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. C. 6-9. Flying Officer Elmer Joseph Alexander MacNair RCAF J/27469 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. C. 6-9. Flying Officer Joseph Reginald Potts RCAF J/28194 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. C. 6-9. Sergeant Alfred Archer RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. C. 6-9. Sergeant Edmund Douglas Bone RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. C. 6-9. Sergeant Harry James Depotex RAF KIA Durnbach War CemeteryColl. grave 6. C. 6-9.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster LM191

Flight Sergeant Elmer Kenneth Carlson RCAF

Flight Sergeant Carlson, Elmer Kenneth (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-September-12
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Flying Officer Cyril Bernard Dockrey RCAF

Flying Officer Dockrey, Cyril Bernard (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-September-12
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Flying Officer Elmer Joseph Alexander MacNair RCAF

Flying Officer MacNair, Elmer Joseph Alexander (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-September-12
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Flying Officer Joseph Reginald Potts RCAF

Flying Officer Potts, Joseph Reginald (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-September-12
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany