Grant, Miles Carson
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Miles Carson |
Surname | Grant |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Stewart Grant and Lesley Grant (née Carson), of Montreal, Province of Québec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV998 |
Markings | QB-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Aabenraa Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Allied Mil. Plot. Row 6. 11. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 172 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/29142 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 424 (Tiger) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Skipton on Swale, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed Metal Plaque & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the Canadian personnel who served at RAF Skipton on Swale during WW2, including 424 Sqn RCAF |
Miscellaneous Information
Miles was born at Montreal on 5 July 1921. His father was born in Montreal and worked as a Commercial Artist and his mother was born at Port Lewis, P.Q. He had a brother Peter and three sisters. He attended Montreal High School 1928-1939 and Sir George William College, Montreal for night classes 1940/1941. His sport interests were mostly skiing, cricket and swimming. Miles worked as a Reporter for The Gazette in P.Q. from 1939 until enlisting on 8 June 1942. |
He embarked for UK from New York on 12 October 1943, 3 PRC 2O October 1943, 11 (P) AFU 11 January 1944, 22 OTU 2 May 1944, 61 Base 9 August 1944, and 424 Squadron 26 September 1944. Sadly Miles was to lose his life on 12 January 1945. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1835/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1835/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-01-1945 |
End Date | 13-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Skipton on Swale |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Gardening off Flensburg. One of 32 Halifaxes tasked with mine laying off Flensburg and Kiel. 4 aircraft were lost in all. |
Reason for Loss |