Carruthers, Henry Ramsay (Warrant Officer 2)

Killed in Action 1944-July-06

Warrant Officer 2 Henry Ramsay Carruthers RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-January-01

Born: Armadale Scotland

Parents: John & Marion Carruthers

Spouse:

Home: Trail, British Columbia (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

70 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Usquam Anywhere

Base

RAF Tortorella, Italy

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/160554

Home
Google MapTrail, British Columbia (parents)
Target
Google MapFeuersbrunn Austria
Final Burial
Google MapEnglesko Vojno Groblje
Coll Grave 10A A 4-7

Took off from Tortorella, Italy in Wellington Mk X (Sqn code "D" Bomber Command) on an operation to attack the Shell Koolaz Oil Refinery on Czepel Island at Bucharest Rumania.

Shot down by fighters over Yugoslavia on a night trip from Italy to Rumania and crashed at Kranjec, Croatia.

Killed: Warrant Officer Class 2 Henry Ramsay Carruthers RCAF R/160554 KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Serbia Coll. grave 10A. A. 4-7. WO Geoffrey James Custance RAAF KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 10A. A. 4-7. Sergeant Barrie John Nigel Hackett RAF KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 10A. A. 4-7. Sergeant Mervyn Cyril Hunt RAF KIA Belgrade War Cemetery Coll. grave 10A. A. 4-7.

Evader: Flying Officer Derek Hylton Maling RAF survived, evaded and was rescued.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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