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 Den 12. april 1943 vendte
WEL HE491 ikke hjem fra en minelægningsoperation. Flyet
må have styrtet ned i Nordsøen. Hele besætningen omkom.
Den 20. juni 1943 blev E. Kitt fundet drevet in omkring
her nord
for Esbjerg. Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 29. juni 1943. (Kilde: AOD) Minelægningsområder.
4 flyvere fra WEL HE491
har ingen kendt grav.
Flight Sergeant Earl Randolph Carvajal var canadisk statsborger.
Hans navn er
på Panel 181 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere,
der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
Han var en af de mange Amerikanske flyvere, der var
gået ind i RCAF.
Se Americans In
The RCAF.
379 af dem mistede livet - 8 af dem ses i
www.airmen.dk
+ R.J. Dillon!
They Shall Grow Not Old: Fra El Paso, Texas, U.S.A. Dræbt i tjeneste 12. april
1943. 425 Alouette Squadron.
5 flyvere.
 On 12 April 1943 WEL
HE491 failed to return from a mine laying operation. It must have crashed
into the North Sea. All of the crew perished.
On 20 June 1943 E. Kitt was found drifted ashore about
here north
of Esbjerg. He was buried in Esbjerg on 29 June 1943. (Source: AOD) Minelaying
areas.
4 airmen from WEL HE491
have no known grave.
Flight Sergeant Earl Randolph Carvajal was a citizen of Canada.
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 181, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
He was one of many American airmen who had joined the
RCAF.
See Americans In
The RCAF.
379 of
them lost their lives - 8 of them are seen on
www.airmen.dk + R.J. Dillon!
They Shall Grow Not Old: From El Paso, Texas, U.S.A. Killed In Action 12 April
1943. 425 Alouette Squadron.
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the
BC Museum of Canada.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 142.
See more on his American background in Miscellanious Information via the link
He
to the IBCC-website.
See
No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons *
No.
425 (Alouette) Squadron *
425
Squadron RCAF Association
Wellington
X HE491 KW-B took off from RAF Dishforth
at 21.10 hrs. on 11 APR 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this).
p148MACR has target area.
5 airmen.
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