Goodenough, Carlton Stokes (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-March-16

Male Head

Birth Date: 1913-December-31

Born: Bury, Quebec

Parents: Son of Wright E. and Eva Stokes Goodenough.

Spouse: Husband of Margaret Bagley Goodenough of East Angus, Quebec.

Home: Bury, Quebec

Enlistment: Thetford Mines, Quebec

Enlistment Date: 1940-July-24

Service

RCAF

Unit

108 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Viribus Contractis With gathered strength

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Observer

Service Numbers

R/62738

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Final Burial
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Sec AS Grave 123

108 Squadron (Viribus Contractis). Liberator aircraft AL 577 was en route from Egypt and during the early part of the flight the crew acknowledged orders to return to Egypt as there was bad weather ahead. The aircraft was west of its course when it crashed in high ground at Jenkinstown, near Dundalk, Ireland.

Pilot Officer G.F. King, Flight Lieutenant F.C. Barrett D.F.C. (RAF), and one other RAF member of the crew were also killed.

Unvetted Source Foreign Landing in Ireland

Cenotaph at Bury Cemetery, Bury, Estrie Region, Quebec, Canada

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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