Carson, Robet John (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-April-01

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Service

RCAF

Unit

138 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
For Freedom

Base

RAF Tempsford

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

J/24230
PoW: 4592

Target
Google MapSIS/SOE

Took off from Tempsford at 21:00 in Halifiax Mark V (Sqn code: NF-K Bomber Command) on an operation in support of the SIS/SOE.

Shot down (means not found) and crash-landed at Vallee de Cousse

Killed: Sergeant Eric Macdonald Keep RAF KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery Nantes Plot L. Row B. Grave 23. Sergeant Ronald Granville Thompson RAF KIA Pont-Du-Cens Communal Cemetery Plot L. Row B. Grave 24.

POWs: Sergeant David Walter Lloyd Brown RCAF R/186516 POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Flying Officer Robert John Carson RCAF J/24230 POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang. Sergeant Wilbert Richard McBurney RCAF R/132139 POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Flying Officer Frederick Bartlett Clark RAF POW camp not listed.