Halifax, Nova Scotia (parents)Took off from Skellingthorpe in Hampden Mk I AF-306 (Sqn code VN-V Bomber Command) on an operation to Saarbrucken, Germany.
Aircraft was shot down by a night fighter while engaged in a GARDENING (mine-laying) operation in the Mussels Region (Terschelling Gat).
The Hampden crashed into the North Sea west of Terschelling Island, Holland.
Killed includes Carroll: Flight Sergeant Ronald Francis Stone RNZAF pilot KIA Corbais Communal Cemetery Coll. grave 1-5. Sergeant Maurice Alfred Barrett RAF KIA Corbais Communal Cemetery Belgium Coll. grave 1-5. Flight Sergeant James Kirkwood RAF KIA Corbais Communal Cemetery Coll. grave 1-5. Sergeant Victor Henry Twining RAF KIA Corbais Communal Cemetery Coll. grave 1-5. Sergeant Eric Humphrey Williams RAF KIA Corbais Communal Cemetery Coll. grave 1-5.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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