Service Number: R/123272
Royal Canadian Air Force
Enlisted Aug. 6, 1941 at Toronto, Ontario.
While training at No. 1 Central Navigation School at Three Rivers, Manitoba he was killed in a flying accident due to bad weather.
Born in Birmingham, England, the son of John Edward and Mary Ann (nee Dunn) Carter. The family immigrated to Canada. He attended Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute. He was employed at General Motors in Oshawa prior to enlisting.
Commemorated on page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. There is a Tribute to him on the Roll Call of Honour website.
∼Four airmen lost their lives when their Anson (#6069) aircraft hit the ground near Newdale, Manitoba, Canada. The aircrew of the Anson were on a navigation exercise when the accident happened.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this crash were:-
Sergeant John Thomas CARTER,
Sergeant Joseph Charles Wilfrid GAUTHIER DIT LAROUCHE,
Sergeant Adam John MAZUR and
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley WILLOUGHBY.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: R/123272
Age: 25
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Central Navigation School [Rivers, Manitoba]
Son of John Edward and Mary Ann Carter of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Sergeant John Thomas Carter is commemorated on Page 63 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A special cairn displaying a plaque, which commemorates the four airmen who died on service, was erected in Cardale, not far from the location where the Anson crashed.
Royal Canadian Air Force
Enlisted Aug. 6, 1941 at Toronto, Ontario.
While training at No. 1 Central Navigation School at Three Rivers, Manitoba he was killed in a flying accident due to bad weather.
Born in Birmingham, England, the son of John Edward and Mary Ann (nee Dunn) Carter. The family immigrated to Canada. He attended Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute. He was employed at General Motors in Oshawa prior to enlisting.
Commemorated on page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. There is a Tribute to him on the Roll Call of Honour website.
∼Four airmen lost their lives when their Anson (#6069) aircraft hit the ground near Newdale, Manitoba, Canada. The aircrew of the Anson were on a navigation exercise when the accident happened.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this crash were:-
Sergeant John Thomas CARTER,
Sergeant Joseph Charles Wilfrid GAUTHIER DIT LAROUCHE,
Sergeant Adam John MAZUR and
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley WILLOUGHBY.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: R/123272
Age: 25
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Central Navigation School [Rivers, Manitoba]
Son of John Edward and Mary Ann Carter of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Sergeant John Thomas Carter is commemorated on Page 63 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A special cairn displaying a plaque, which commemorates the four airmen who died on service, was erected in Cardale, not far from the location where the Anson crashed.
Service Number: R/123272
Royal Canadian Air Force
Enlisted Aug. 6, 1941 at Toronto, Ontario.
While training at No. 1 Central Navigation School at Three Rivers, Manitoba he was killed in a flying accident due to bad weather.
Born in Birmingham, England, the son of John Edward and Mary Ann (nee Dunn) Carter. The family immigrated to Canada. He attended Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute. He was employed at General Motors in Oshawa prior to enlisting.
Commemorated on page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. There is a Tribute to him on the Roll Call of Honour website.
∼Four airmen lost their lives when their Anson (#6069) aircraft hit the ground near Newdale, Manitoba, Canada. The aircrew of the Anson were on a navigation exercise when the accident happened.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this crash were:-
Sergeant John Thomas CARTER,
Sergeant Joseph Charles Wilfrid GAUTHIER DIT LAROUCHE,
Sergeant Adam John MAZUR and
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley WILLOUGHBY.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: R/123272
Age: 25
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Central Navigation School [Rivers, Manitoba]
Son of John Edward and Mary Ann Carter of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Sergeant John Thomas Carter is commemorated on Page 63 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A special cairn displaying a plaque, which commemorates the four airmen who died on service, was erected in Cardale, not far from the location where the Anson crashed.
Royal Canadian Air Force
Enlisted Aug. 6, 1941 at Toronto, Ontario.
While training at No. 1 Central Navigation School at Three Rivers, Manitoba he was killed in a flying accident due to bad weather.
Born in Birmingham, England, the son of John Edward and Mary Ann (nee Dunn) Carter. The family immigrated to Canada. He attended Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute. He was employed at General Motors in Oshawa prior to enlisting.
Commemorated on page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. There is a Tribute to him on the Roll Call of Honour website.
∼Four airmen lost their lives when their Anson (#6069) aircraft hit the ground near Newdale, Manitoba, Canada. The aircrew of the Anson were on a navigation exercise when the accident happened.
The Canadian airmen who perished in this crash were:-
Sergeant John Thomas CARTER,
Sergeant Joseph Charles Wilfrid GAUTHIER DIT LAROUCHE,
Sergeant Adam John MAZUR and
Pilot Officer Arthur Weatherley WILLOUGHBY.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: R/123272
Age: 25
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Central Navigation School [Rivers, Manitoba]
Son of John Edward and Mary Ann Carter of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Sergeant John Thomas Carter is commemorated on Page 63 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
A special cairn displaying a plaque, which commemorates the four airmen who died on service, was erected in Cardale, not far from the location where the Anson crashed.
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