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Son of James Edward Carroll and Sarah Ellen Agnew.
Served as a gunner with the 2nd/78th Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery in Red Deer, Alberta, from August 1940 to January 1941.
He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 546 days of service, 173 days of which were overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal & Bar and Operational Wings.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Bernard Carroll
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bernard Carroll
The Red Deer Advocate 30 June 43
F/Sgt. Carroll was the son of Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Carroll, Red Deer, Alberta.
Information from the crash from www.lostbombers.co.uk
Airborne 2306 29Jul42 from Topcliffe. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Reinhold Exkardt, 7./NJG3) and crashed 0300 at Corbais (Brabant), 35 km SE of Brussels. All are buried in Corbais Communal Cemetery. Oblt Eckardt was himself shot down by return fire from the Halifax and in baling out his parachute became entangled in the tail plane of his Me110 and he was killed. F/S R.F.Stone RNZAF KIA Sgt M.A.Barrett KIA F/S J.Kirkwood KIA Sgt E.H.Williams KIA F/S B.Carroll RCAF KIA sgt V.H.Twining KIA "
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bernard Carroll
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bernard Carroll
Flight Sergeant Bernard Carroll is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bernard Carroll
Flight Sergeant Bernard Carroll is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bernard Carroll
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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The Red Deer Advocate 30 June 43 F/Sgt. Carroll was the son of Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Carroll, Red Deer, Alberta. Information from the crash from www.lostbombers.co.uk Airborne 2306 29Jul42 from Topcliffe. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Reinhold Exkardt, 7./NJG3) and crashed 0300 at Corbais (Brabant), 35 km SE of Brussels. All are buried in Corbais Communal Cemetery. Oblt Eckardt was himself shot down by return fire from the Halifax and in baling out his parachute became entangled in the tail plane of his Me110 and he was killed. F/S R.F.Stone RNZAF KIA Sgt M.A.Barrett KIA F/S J.Kirkwood KIA Sgt E.H.Williams KIA F/S B.Carroll RCAF KIA sgt V.H.Twining KIA "
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From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Flight Sergeant Bernard Carroll is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Bernard Carroll is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CORBAIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY Belgium
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