In Memory Of
CARTER, DEREK GUY
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
88404
Rank:
Flying Officer
Unit:
50 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1942-02-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Hampden AT177, failed to return from an attack on German warships Prinz Eugen, Scharnhorst and Gneisnau (Operation Fuller) in the English Channel. One of eight 50 Squadron aircraft attacking the Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen as they made their "Channel Dash" from Brest to Kiel
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 66.
Cemetery:
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Surrey
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Major Cyril Rodney Carter, D.S.O., and of Celia Ellen Alexia Carter, of Penhalonga, Southern Rhodesia.
