Carey, Leslie Ernest
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Leslie Ernest |
Surname | Carey |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of John George Carey and Margaret Ann Carey (née Hall), of Perkins, PQ, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | HR812 |
Markings | TL-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 6. D. 1-20. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 141 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/125005 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 35 (Madras Presidency) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside Location, Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | Graveley Airfield 1942-1945 8 Group Bomber Command 35 Squadron Pathfinder Force 692 Squadron Light Night Striking Force R.A.F. To commemorate this airfield in honour of those who served the nation aircrew, groundstaff & WAFF of United Kingdom Dominions, C |
Location | All Saints Church, Offord Cluny, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, Sqn Badge & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | Remember before God all those airmen and airwomen 3who served with 35 Squadron R.A.F. Graveley 1939-1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Leslie was born on 30 May 1918 at Ottawa, Ontario. His parents were born at Perkins, Quebec and his father worked as a mining superintendent. His schooling was at Templeton No.1. 1925-1932 (entrance). Gatineau Mills 1932-1933 (one year High) and at Hull, 1933-1934 (2nd year High)- all in Quebec. His sport interests were baseball, swimming, fishing and his hobby was hunting. Leslie worked for the Blackburn Brothers, (who had a mica mine in Blackburn), 1934-1937 as head repairman and then continued 1937-1940 when he was in charge of machinery. He then had a couple of jobs working as a Mill Wright for a few months in both 1937 and 1940 and as a machinist in 1941 until enlisting on 1 August 1941. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/380/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/380/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-06-1943 |
End Date | 29-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Graveley |
Day/Night Raid | Night (12% moon) |
Operation | Cologne. 608 aircraft, 25 losses (4.1%). PFF went with a 'dual plan' because it was not certain whether there might be a break in the cloud. In fact it was cloud covered so sky-marking had to be used. Only 7 of the 12 Oboe equipped Mosquitoes reached the target and only 6 of these actually dropped markers. Despite this, the main force delivered Cologne's worst attack of the war with 43 industrial, 6 military and 6368 other buildings completely destroyed. The cathedral was also seriously damaged. 4377 deaths and some 230000 bombed out of their homes. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Wandre, 8km NE of Liège, Belgium |