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CARTER RD
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CARTER, Richard

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number ND500
Markings OF-G
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Durnbach War Cemetery
Grave Reference 2. C. 14..
Epitaph HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 142
Enlistment information
Service Number 116945
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 5
Squadron 97 (Straits Settlements)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 24-04-1944
End Date 25-04-1944
Takeoff Station Coningsby
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Munich. 260 aircraft, 9 Lancasters Lost (3.5%). Marking went well and bombing was accurate. The local report states that most of the damage was civic and domestic and not industrial. 88 people killed on the ground and almost 2500 injured. 30000 were bombed out.
Reason for Loss Hit by flak and crashed at Kirchheim bei Munich