Carson, Lawrence Bartlett (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-February-19

Flying Officer Lawrence Bartlett Carson RCAF

Birth Date: 1914

Born:

Parents: John Arthur & Ethel Sarah Carson

Spouse:

Home: Oshawa, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

15 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Aim Sure

Base

RAF Bourn

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/8442

Home
Google MapOshawa, Ontario (parents)
Final Burial
Google MapNes General Cemetery
Plot D Row 13 Coll grave 15A-16A
Took off from Bourn Cambridgeshire at 17:55 in Stirling Mk III (Sqn code LS-B Bomber Command) on an operation to Wilhelmshaven Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Nijlandsrijt, E of Buren, Ameland Island, Friesland Holland.

Killed: Flying Officer Lawrence Bartlett Carson RCAF J/8442 KIA Nes General Cemetery Ameland Island Holland Plot D. Row 13. Coll. grave 15A-16A. Sergeant Alfred James Ellis RAF KIA Nes General Cemetery Ameland Plot D. Row 13. Grave 18. Sergeant Ronald Frank Fowler RAF KIA Nes General Cemetery Ameland Plot D. Row 13. Coll. grave 15A-16A. Flying Officer David Joseph Hopson RAF KIA Nes General Cemetery Ameland Plot D. Row 13. Coll. grave 15A-16A. Sergeant Clifford William James RAF KIA Nes General Cemetery Ameland Plot D. Row 13. Grave 17A. Flying Officer Edward Lloyd George Ratcliffe RAF KIA Nes General Cemetery Ameland Plot D. Row 13. Grave 17. Sergeant Ronald George Weaver RAF KIA Nes General Cemetery Ameland Plot D. Row 13. Coll. grave 15A-16A. Flying Officer John Williams RAF KIA Nes General Cemetery Ameland Plot D. Row 13. Coll. grave 15A-16A.

There were two pilots and three air gunners as well as the wireless operator-air gunner on board for this operation.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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