Carefoot, Garnet Oliver
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Garnet Oliver |
Surname | Carefoot |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Date of Death | 19-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Alexander Carefoot and Annie Ethel Carefoot (née Galbraith), of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LK640 |
Markings | SE-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Abbeville Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 6. Row D. Grave 3. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 141 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/10796 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 431 (Iroquois) |
Squadron Motto | The hatiten ronteriios (Warriors of the air) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to A19, Burn, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to all those who served on 431 Sqn RCAF at RCAF Burn, 1942-1943 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed metal plaques & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2 including 431 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Old Control Tower, former airfield site, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2 including 431 Sqn RCAF |
Miscellaneous Information
Garnet was born at Beverley, Saskatchewan on 18 July 1916. His parents were both born in Collingwood, Ontario and his father was a farmer. He had five brothers: Oscar, Herman, Murray, Elmer and Lloyd as well as two sisters: Ola and Marie. Garnet attended Simcoe Public school 1921-1931 (Grade X) and Swift Current Collegiate, 1931-1932 (Grade XI) Junior Matric. The sports he enjoyed were baseball and swimming and as a hobby he loved to overhaul engines and machinery. Garnet worked on their own farm with his father. |
He enlisted on 23 June 1941 and after training embarked for the U.K. on 19 February 1943. He arrived at 3PRC on 6 March 1943, 14 (P) AFU 6 April 1943, 22 OTU 15 June 1943, 1664 CU 28 August 1943 and 431 Squadron 26 September 1943. Very sadly Garnet lost his life on 19 November 1943. |
Carefoot Lakes, Saskatechwan are named in his honour (Division No. 18, Unorganized, SK, Canada: Grid ref 57.80298145514498, -103.40688487802959) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1857/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1857/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-11-1943 |
End Date | 19-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (59% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim. 395 aircraft, 23 losses (5.8%). This was one of the larger diversionary raids and accounts for the high losses. By comparison, the main raid (On Berlin) registered 2.0% losses. There was cloud cover over the target and bombing was scattered as a result. Most of the damage fell to the north of the town, where the Daimler Benz car plant suffered a 90% loss in production as a result. 21 deaths on the ground and 7500 people were bombed out. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into the sea |