Carlson, Robert Brownlee (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-January-30

Pilot Officer Robert Brownlee Carlson RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Henry Alof Carlson & Linda Maud Carlson

Home: New Liskeard, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

40 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Hostem A Coelo Expellere To drive the enemy from the sky

Base

RAF Gardabia East, Tunisia

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/17311
Prev: R/90676

Memorial Location
Google MapAlamein War Memorial
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40 Sqn RAF Gardabia East, Tunisia, Wellington aircraft HX-494 failed to return from an operational flight to Catania Aerodrome, Sicily. Crew was missing in the Mediterranean and presumed dead. Allare listed on the Alamein War Memorial in Egypt

Killed: Pilot Officer R B Carlson RCAF pilot Sergeant J H P Evans RAF Sergeant C S Carroll RAF Sergeant T Patterson RAF Sergeant R B Smith RAF Sergeant R Stansfield RAF

Crew or Other Personnel

Mission

unknown serial: HX494