William John Carrier   Photo: Knud Riis     Updated: 27 SEP 2011
                                                                               
Airman: a085002.htm Surname: Carrier Init: W J Rank: Wt/O Service: RAAF Sqdn: 630

P_link: p353.htm Plane: LAN ME650 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Skarrild

Crash_d: d270844 Buried_d: b111111 C_link: c085.htm At_Next: Skarrild

"I forbindelse med RAF´s første bombeangreb på Königsberg (her, nu Kaliningrad) i Østpreussen nedstyrtede Lancaster ME650 den 27. august 1944 ved Clasonsborg i Skarrild sogn. Hele besætningen blev dræbt". (FAF). Nedstyrtningsstedet er her ved Sdr. Grene syd
for Clasonsborg. Se også Google Map 57 + 630 Squadron og propel fra en anden Lancaster.
Flyverne er begravet på Skarrild Kirkegård. Se Flyvergraven, Kransenedlægning og Mindestue.

Warrant Officer William John Carrier, 21 år, var søn af George Ernest og Ada Elizabeth Carrier, Coorparoo, Queensland, Australien. (Kilde: CWGC)

I 1991 - se fotos - blev en urne med asken af denne flyvers tvillingebror George Victor Carrier
nedsat ved siden af flyverens sten. Hans nevø kom fra Australien med den. Den lille sten med messingpladen med hans navn blev anbragt ved broderens grav i 2002 på foranledning af 
kaptajn E.V.H. Jensen og Ole Kraul. (Se mere i  fotos og på siden Kransenedlægning.)
7 flyvere.

"In connection with RAF´s first bombing raid to Königsberg (here, now Kaliningrad) in East Prussia Lancaster ME650 crashed on 27 August 1944 at Clasonsborg in the parish of Skarrild. All of the crew perished." (FAF). The crash site is here at Sdr. Grene south of Clasonsborg.
See also Google Map 57 + 630 Squadron. The airmen are buried in Skarrild Churchyard.
See Grave of the Lancaster Crew, Wreath-laying Ceremony and Remembrance Room
and a propeller from another Lancaster.

Warrant Officer William John Carrier, 21, was the son of George Ernest and Ada Elizabeth Carrier, of Coorparoo, Queensland, Australia. (Source: CWGC)

In 1991 - see photos from Arne Mosgaard - an urn with the ashes of this airman's twin brother
George Victor Carrier was placed in this airman's grave. His nephew had travelled from Australia with it.
The small stone with the plaque with his name was placed on the grave in 2002 at the request of
Captain E.V.H. Jensen and Mr. Ole Kraul. (See more in photos and on the page Wreath-laying.)

See Bomber Command No. 630 Squadron and  630 Squadron Home Page, the No 57 Squadron and No 630 Squadron website,
the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre and the Wartime Memories Project - RAF East Kirby. This Lancaster - see photos - took off from RAF East Kirby.
7 airmen. Lost Bombers has this.