David Ellis Murray Carson                  Updated:  05 NOV 2012

Airman: a019035.htm Surname: Carson Init: DEM Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 166

P_link: p205.htm Plane: WEL HE578 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d030843 Buried_d: b290943 C_link: c019.htm At_Next: Frederikshavn, gr. 44

  WEL HE578 må være styrtet i Nordsøen den 3. august 1943.
"Efter at have udlagt miner i Elbens munding (her) kom et Wellington fly i vanskeligheder under returflyvningen den 3. august 1943. Kl. 02.03 hørte man for sidste gang fra flyets radiotelegrafist.
Flyet må være styrtet i havet. Hele besætningen omkom.

Flyets navigatør, D. E. M. Carson, blev fundet på havet ved Hansted (måske omkring her)
og begravet den 29. september 1943 i Frederikshavn." (FAF)

Flight Sergeant (Navigator / Bomber) David Ellis Murray Carson, 30 år, var søn af David Ellis Carson
og Agnes Adam Carson, Ayr, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

1 flyver fra WEL HE578 blev begravet i Frederikshavn og 1 i Lemvig.
3 flyvere fra WEL HE578 har ingen kendt grav. 5 flyvere.

WEL HE578 must have crashed into the North Sea on 3 August 1943.
"After a minelaying operation in the Elbe estuary (here) a Wellington had difficulty on the return flight
on 3 August 1943. At 02.03 the last signal was heard from the Wireless Operator. The plane must
have crashed into the sea. All of the crew perished.

Navigator D. E. M. Carson was found at sea off Hansted (maybe about here). He was buried in Frederikshavn on 29 September 1943." (FAF)

Flight Sergeant (Navigator / Bomber) David Ellis Murray Carson, 30, was the son of David Ellis Carson
and Agnes Adam Carson, of Ayr, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)

1 airman from WEL HE578 was buried in Frederikshavn and 1 i Lemvig. 3 airmen from have no known grave.
See Bomber Command No. 166 Squadron and 166 Squadron RAF-Lincolnshire.info. This Wellington took off from RAF Kirmington.  5 airmen.