Carey, Douglas Mintie
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Douglas Mintie |
Surname | Carey |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | DFC |
Date of Death | 31-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Lawson Carey and Myrtle Eva Carey, of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND441 |
Markings | PH-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 15. K. 8. |
Epitaph | FATHER, IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW OUR LOVED ONE SLEEPING |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 17 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/16480 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Carey Lake, Manitoba; In the northmost reaches of Wapusk National Park |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-03-1944 |
End Date | 31-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (45% moon) |
Operation | Nürnberg |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Wickenby at 2200 hrs detailed to attack targets in Nurnberg. Believed to have been shot down by a night fighter, crashing at Dotzlar 4km SSE of Bad Berlesberg. There were no survivors |