Carpenter, George Ralph
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | George Ralph |
Surname | Carpenter |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold and Violet Carpenter, of Birmingham. Husband of Margaret Eva Carpenter, of Hall Green, Birmingham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | DV168 |
Markings | PH-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 123. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 17 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 142131 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield Memorial Walk, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In Memory of Sgt Stan Chapman & the crew of DV168 Killed in action on his 21st operation to Peenemunde 17 August 1943 |
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 27/167/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/167/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-08-1943 |
End Date | 18-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (93% moon) |
Operation | Peenemunde (Operation Hydra, part of Operation Crossbow - Destruction of the V2) |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off at 2118hrs. Believed shot down by a night fighter piloted by Uffz Günter Lerch of IV./NJG 3. Aircraft crashed off west coast of Denmark. |