Carruthers, George William
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | George William |
Surname | Carruthers |
Gender | M |
Date of Death | 13-06-1944 |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB731 |
Markings | VR-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Vieux Berquin Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 2. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 141 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/92333 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Squadron Motto | Moosa aswayita |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Carruthers Bay, Manitoba; Part of Thomsen Lake |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Bay |
Memorial Text |
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1823/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-06-1944 |
End Date | 13-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (58% moon) |
Operation | Cambrai- to bomb railway facilities. Part of a 671 aircraft force to further hamper lines of communications leading to the Normandy area. Cambrai and Caen attacks were scattered but Amiens, Arras and Poitiers were accurate. 23 aircraft were Lost (3.4%) including that of Charles Mynarski VC, the subject of the Canadian Lancaster 'Vera'. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed near Vieux-Berquin, France |