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Military service
Service number:
R/53908
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
103 Sqdn.
Birth:
February 4, 1920
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
May 31, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
August 29, 1942
Laacher See, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
13. G. 25.
Additional information
Son of Leo J. and Janet Carey, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
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F/Sgt. John Joseph CAREY, born February 4, 1920 in Winnipeg, enlisted in Ottawa on May 31, 1940; #103 Squadron, aboard Halifax bomber BB214, departed from RAF Elsham Wolds in the later PM of August 28, 1942; crashed in Laacher See, a lake south of Bonn, Germany. His body was not recovered until 2008 when divers found the aircraft. In December 2013, generic donor found and his identity was positive in February 2014. He was buried with full military honours on July 9, 2014 at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany. -
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F/Sgt. John Joseph CAREY, born February 4, 1920 in Winnipeg, enlisted in Ottawa on May 31, 1940; #103 Squadron, aboard Halifax bomber BB214, departed from RAF Elsham Wolds in the later PM of August 28, 1942; crashed in Laacher See, a lake south of Bonn, Germany. His body was not recovered until 2008 when divers found the aircraft. In December 2013, generic donor found and his identity was positive in February 2014. He was buried with full military honours on July 9, 2014 at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany. -
Remembering John Joseph Carey
The family of F/Sgt. John Joseph Carey - July 9, 2014. His grave location at Rheinberg War Cemetery is: 13.G.25. -
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F/Sgt. John Joseph Carey who was killed in action on August 29, 1942. His body was recovered in 2008 and positive ID was made in December 2013; he was buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery on July 9, 2014 - Grave: 13.G.25 -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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