Cartier, Joseph Louis Raymond Ferrier
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Joseph Louis Raymond Ferrier |
Surname | Cartier |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Daniel R. Cartier and of Alice Cartier (Nee Fortier), of St. Laurent. Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BK564 |
Markings | NA-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 19. A. 18. |
Epitaph | MERE, NE PLEUREZ PAS, JE VAIS A DIEU ET JE VOUS ATTENDRAI AU CIEL (French: MOTHER, DON'T CRY, I AM JOINING GOD AND WILL WAIT FOR YOU IN HEAVEN) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 142 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/17165 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 428 (Ghost) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to fomer St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed slate tablets |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served on 428 (RCAF) Sqn at Middleton St. George during WWII, especially those who made the supreme sacrifice |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-03-1943 |
End Date | 30-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Dalton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (40% moon) |
Operation | Bochum. 149 Wellingtons and 8 Oboe Mosquitoes. 12 Wellingtons lost- 8.0%. New moon and cloudy conditions led to the use of sky-marking but the Mosquitoes were unable to keep to the marking schedule and as a result to raid was a failure |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Gelsenkirchen |