Dyson, Carson Lyle (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-07-14

Birth Date: 1922-January-23

Born:

George & Mary Ethel Dyson

Home: Hamilton, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

432 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Saeviter Ad Lucem Ferociously toward the light

Base

RAF Skipton-on-Swale

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/122956

Home

Hamilton, Ontario (parents)

Target

Aachen Germany

Final Burial

Cimetiere de Florennes
Row 4 Grave 41

Took off from Skipton-on-Swale at 23:55 in Wellington Mk X (Sqn code QO-R Bomber Command) on an operation to Aachen Germany.

1943-04-14: missing during raid on Aachen. Crash site never found.

Killed includes Dyson:Pilot Officer William Clayton Campbell RCAF J/18331 KIA Florennes Communal Cemetery, Row 4. Grave 45.Flight Sergeant Howard Osborne Lee RCAF R/142160 KIA Florennes Communal Cemetery Row 4. Joint grave 46-47.Flight Sergeant John Wilbur McKendry RCAF R/131929 KIA Florennes Communal Cemetery Row 4. Grave 43.Flight Sergeant Robert Stewart RCAF R/133336 KIA Florennes Communal Cemetery Row 4. Joint grave 46-47.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

International Bomber Command Centre

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Wellington HE353

Pilot Officer Campbell, William Clayton (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-July-14
Cimetiere de Florennes, Rue Baudry, Florennes, Belgium

Flight Sergeant Dyson, Carson Lyle (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-July-14
Cimetiere de Florennes, Rue Baudry, Florennes, Belgium

Flight Sergeant Lee, Howard Osborne (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-July-14
Cimetiere de Florennes, Rue Baudry, Florennes, Belgium

Flight Sergeant McKendry, John Wilbur (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-July-14
Cimetiere de Florennes, Rue Baudry, Florennes, Belgium

Flight Sergeant Stewart, Robert (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-July-14
Cimetiere de Florennes, Rue Baudry, Florennes, Belgium

Wellington B. Mk. X HE353

Bombing Aachen Germany 1943-July-13 to 1943-July-14

(B) Sqn (RCAF) Skipton-on-Swale

Battle of the Ruhr

374 aircraft - 214 Halifaxes, 76 Wellingtons, 55 Stirlings, 18 Lancasters, 11 Mos-quitoes; 5 Group did not take part in this raid. 20 aircraft-Â« 15 Halifaxes, 2 Lancasters, 2 Wellingtons, 1 Stirling - lost, 5Â·3 per cent of the force.

A strong tail wind brought the first waves of the Main Force into the target area before Zero Hour with the result that, when the first Pathfinder markers were released, an unusually large number of aircraft bombed in the first minutes of the raid. The visibility was good and large areas of Aachen appeared to burst into flame at once. In the words of the report from Aachen, 'A Terrorangriff of the most severe scale was delivered.I" 2,927 individual buildings were destroyed. These contained 16,828 flats/apartments and there was the familiar list of public and cultural buildings hit. Among those classed as severely damaged were the cathedral, the Rathaus, the town theatre, the police headquarters, the local prison, the main post office, two infantry barracks and an army food depot, and 8 large industrial premises including an aero-engine factory, a rubber factory, a tyre factory and a wagon works. 294 people were killed and 745 injured and 28,500 people appear to have fled the town and were still absent when new ration cards were issued nearly 7 weeks later.

source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt

Wellington BX aircraft HK 353 QO-R missing from a trip to Aachen, Germany, cause not determined. The entire crew were killed

unvetted Source Daily Operations 6bombergroup.ca

unvetted Source HE353 432 Sqdn Halifax

unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

unvetted Source HE353 432 Sqdn Halifax

Vickers Wellington

Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page
Vickers Wellington B. Mk. III (Serial No. X3763), coded KW-E, No. 425 'Alouette' (B) Squadron, RCAF, late summer of 1942

The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber. It was designed during the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey. Led by Vickers-Armstrongs' chief designer Rex Pierson, a key feature of the aircraft is its geodetic airframe fuselage structure, which was principally designed by Barnes Wallis. Development had been started in response to Air Ministry Specification B.9/32, issued in the middle of 1932, for a bomber for the Royal Air Force. This specification called for a twin-engined day bomber capable of delivering higher performance than any previous design.

The Wellington was used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, performing as one of the principal bombers used by Bomber Command. During 1943, it started to be superseded as a bomber by the larger four-engined "heavies" such as the Avro Lancaster. The Wellington continued to serve throughout the war in other duties, particularly as an anti-submarine aircraft.

It holds the distinction of having been the only British bomber that was produced for the duration of the war, and of having been produced in a greater quantity than any other British-built bomber. The Wellington remained as first-line equipment when the war ended, although it had been increasingly relegated to secondary roles. The Wellington was one of two bombers named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, the other being the Vickers Wellesley.

In August 1936, an initial order for 180 Wellington Mk I aircraft, powered by a pair of 1,050 hp (780 kW) Bristol Pegasus radial engines, was received by Vickers; it had been placed so rapidly that the order occurred prior to the first meeting intended to decide the details of the production aircraft. In October 1937, another order for a further 100 Wellington Mk Is, produced by the Gloster Aircraft Company, was issued; it was followed by an order for 100 Wellington Mk II aircraft with Rolls-Royce Merlin X V12 engines. Yet another order was placed for 64 Wellingtons produced by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. With this flurry of order and production having been assured by the end of 1937, Vickers set about simplifying the manufacturing process of the aircraft and announced a target of building one Wellington per day.

A total of 180 Wellington Mk I aircraft were built; 150 for the RAF and 30 for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) (which were transferred to the RAF on the outbreak of war and used by 75 Squadron). In October 1938, the Mk I entered service with 9 Squadron. The Wellington was initially outnumbered by the Handley Page Hampden (also ordered by the Ministry to B.9/32) and the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (to B.34/3 for a 'night' bomber) but outlasted both rival aircraft in service. The Wellington went on to be built in 16 separate variants, in addition to two training conversions after the war. The number of Wellingtons built totalled 11,462 of all versions, a greater quantity produced than any other British bomber. On 13 October 1945, the last Wellington to be produced rolled out.Wikipedia

Wikipedia Vickers Wellington

unvetted Source RCAF - Vickers Wellington

YouTube YouTube Vickers Wellington documentary

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page

432 (B) Sqn Saeviter Ad Lucem ("Leaside")

History of the Squadron during World War II (Aircraft: Wellington X, Lancaster II, Halifax III, VII)

The Squadron was the twelfth RCAF bomber squadron to be formed overseas in WWII. It was formed on May 1, 1943 at Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire, UK as a unit of No 6 (RCAF) Group of RAF Bomber Command: indeed, it was the first bomber squadron to be formed directly into No 6 Group. Using the squadron identification letters QO it flew Vickers Wellington Mk X medium bombers until it moved to East Moor, Yorkshire on 19th September 1943, when it re-equipped with Avro Lancaster Mk II aircraft. East Moor was part of No 62 (RCAF) Base. The squadron re-equipped with Handley Page Halifax Mk III aircraft in February 1944, and with Halifax Mk VII in July of that year, and continued with them until the squadron was disbanded at East Moor on May 15, 1945.

In the course of operations the squadron flew 246 missions, involving 3130 individual sorties, for the loss of 73 aircraft. 8980 tons of bombs were dropped. Awards to squadron members included 2 DSOs, 119 DFCs,1 Bar to DFC, 1 CGM, 20 DFMs and 1 Croix de Guerre (France). Battle Honours were: English Channel and North Sea 1943, Fortress Europe 1943-44, France and Germany 1944-45, Biscay Ports 1944, Ruhr 1943-45, Berlin 1943-44, German Ports 1943-45, Normandy 1944, Rhine, Biscay 1943.Moyes, Kostenuk and Griffin

Squadron History (Bomber Command Museum PDF)

Maps for Movements of 432 Squadron 1943-45

MAP 1: 432 Squadron Bases 1943-45 (marked in green). Right-click on image to display enlarged in new tab

432 Squadron History Summary 1943-45

History of the Squadron Post-WWII (Aircraft: Canuck)

The squadron was re-formed at Bagotville, Quebec as an All-Weather Fighter unit on 1 October 1954. The squadron flew Avro CF-100 Canuck aircraft on North American Air Defence until it was disbanded on 15 October 1961.

CASPIR Resources

External Resources

Dyson, Carson Lyle (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-07-14

Home

Target

Final Burial

Wellington HE353

Wellington B. Mk. X HE353

Bombing Aachen Germany 1943-July-13 to 1943-July-14

(B) Sqn (RCAF) Skipton-on-Swale

Battle of the Ruhr

Vickers Wellington

432 (B) Sqn Saeviter Ad Lucem ("Leaside")

History of the Squadron during World War II (Aircraft: Wellington X, Lancaster II, Halifax III, VII)

Maps for Movements of 432 Squadron 1943-45

432 Squadron History Summary 1943-45

History of the Squadron Post-WWII (Aircraft: Canuck)

Wellington HE353 B. Mk. X - Bombing Aachen Germany - 1943-07-13 to 1943-07-14

6 Bomber Group July 13/14, 1943

Specifications

Serial Groups