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Military service
Service number:
J/23360
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
640 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
October 14, 1921
Madoc, Hastings, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 6, 1942
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
March 31, 1944
Halbs, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 10. D. 9.
Additional information
Son of David Roy and Muriel Maud Gray Carleton, of Kingston, Ontario.
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Photo of Reginald Harvey Carleton
Never Forgotten Reginald Harvey Carleton -
Grave Marker
photo courtesy of Des Philippet. F/O Carleton was navigator on Halifax LW 555 when it was shot down by a night-fighter on an operation against Nuremberg, Germany on the night of 30/31 March 1944. Two other Canadians were also killed. F/O Charles E. O’Brien of Toronto was the pilot and F/O Ralph D. Van Fleet, from Hamilton was bomb aimer. It was the fourth operation for the three Canadians. -
Memorial
Flying officer Reginald Harvey Carleton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Reginald Harvey Carleton 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 -
Photo of REGINALD HARVEY CARLETON
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Photo of REGINALD HARVEY CARLETON
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Photo of REGINALD HARVEY CARLETON
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Harvey Carleton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Harvey Carleton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Harvey Carleton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Harvey Carleton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Harvey Carleton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Harvey Carleton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Harvey Carleton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Harvey Carleton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Reginald Harvey Carleton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 268 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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