Cartan, Frederick Paul
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Frederick Paul |
Surname | Cartan |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
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Date of Death | 15-10-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick Henry Cartan and Anna Theresa Cartan (née Smitzler), of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Barbara Clowes Cartan (née Noxon), whom he married on16 October 1943 in Winnipeg. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW391 |
Markings | KW-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Leopoldsburg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | VI. E. 18. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 141 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/190906 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 425 (Alouette) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Village Hall, Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Canadian aircrew of 425 and 426 Sqns RCAF who served at RAF Dishforth, 1942-1945 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed metal plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Miscellaneous Information
Frederick was born on 18 August 1922 in Toronto, Ontario. Both parents were born In Ontario. His father, who worked as a supervisor in Toronto and his mother was born in Waterloo. Both were deceased by the time of Frederick's enlistment. He had two sisters, Dolores and Barbara. The schools he attended were Corpus Christi 1928-1936 followed by the Malvern Collegiate Institute, 1936-1940. He worked at K of C (Knights of Coumbus) War services as a Steward between 1940-1941. He also worked as an installer of equipment at Northern Electric, 1941-1942 until he enlisted on 11 September 1942. He enjoyed most sports but had no hobby shown in his enlistment papers. |
After enlistment and training, Frederick was posted to the U.K. and embarked from Halifax on 25 March 1944 arriving in the U.K. at 3PRC on 3 April 1944. He was then at 1(0) AFU on 25 April 1944, 22 OTU 30 May 1944, 61 Base 23 August 1944 and 425 Squadron on 21 September 1944. Frederick sadly lost his life the following month on 15 October 1944. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-10-1944 |
End Date | 15-10-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (5% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg- continuation of Operation Hurricane to demonstrate Bomber Command and the US 8th Air Force's overwhelming air superiority to the enemy. 1005 aircraft, 7 lost (0.7%). A two-wave attack, two hours apart. 941 aircraft were able to drop their bomb loads totalling 4040 tons of high explosives and 500 tons of incendiaries. No local report is available, most probably due to the sheer level of disarray following the destructive force of two days of bombing, totalling almost 9000 tons of bombs. |
Reason for Loss | Thought to have crashed behind enemy lines- the six surviving crew being unhurt |