Carter, Richard Douglas
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Richard Douglas |
Surname | Carter |
Gender | M |
Age | 37 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Fred Dodwell Carter and Christine Annie Carter. Husband of Dorothy Mavis Carter, of Saffron Walden, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND500 |
Markings | OF-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. C. 14. |
Epitaph | HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 142 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 116945 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-04-1944 |
End Date | 25-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (6% moon) |
Operation | Munich. 260 aircraft, 9 Lancasters Lost (3.5%). Marking went well and bombing was accurate. The local report states that most of the damage was civic and domestic and not industrial. 88 people killed on the ground and almost 2500 injured. 30000 were bombed out. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed at Kirchheim bei Munich |