Carter, William F. (Warrant Officer)

Prisoner of War 1942-July-28

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Home: Willowdale, Ontario

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Service

RAF

Unit

7 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Diem Per Noctem By day and by night

Base

RAF Oakington

Rank

Warrant Officer

Position

Service Numbers

650146
PoW: 25075

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Took off from Oakington 22:29 in Stirling Mk I (Sqn code MG-B Bomber Command) on an operation to Hamburg Germany.

Hit by flak which wrecked the starboard inner engine and later finished off by a night fighter and crashed at Aschmoehor near Becklingen.

Killed: Sergeant Albert Henry Charles Bates RAAF KIA Becklingen War Cemetery grave 11. F. 15. Sergeant John Boyle RAAF KIA Becklingen War Cemetery grave 12. G. 1. Sergeant Frank Lethbridge McIntyre RAAF KIA Becklingen War Cemetery grave 11. E. 4. F/Lt Douglas Weston Whiteman RAF KIA Becklingen War Cemetery grave 11. E. 5.

POWs includes Carter: Sergeant Alfred Leslie Crockford RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Pilot Officer Leslie Raymond Sidwell RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. WO William F. Carter RCAF R/number POW camp not listed.