van Horn, Carl Joseph
Personal Information
Rank | 1st Lt. |
Forename(s) | Carl Joseph |
Surname | van Horn |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Hailed from Ohio |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND467 |
Markings | OL-B B-Beer |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United States of America |
Burial/Memorial Place | Initially buried at Caen Cemetery, the remains of 1st Lt van Horn were re-interred at Saint Joseph Cemetery, Lockbourne, Franklin County, Ohio in 1949. |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 109 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | O-886273 |
Service | United States Army Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United States of America |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Miscellaneous Information
This was the crew's thirteenth operation together |
Originally joined RCAF under service number J/12714. Transferred to USAAF but continued to fly with RCAF whilst awaiting transfer to USAAF and was killed in action. Born in 1918 and enlisted with RCAF in July 1941, five months before Pearl Harbour |
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-06-1944 |
End Date | 07-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Caen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down just south of Caen by an Fw 190 |