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Military service
Service number:
J/94462
Age:
27
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
298 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
May 6, 1917
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
June 23, 1942
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 3, 1945
Lisla, Norway
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
British Plot. Coll. grave.
Additional information
Son of Martin Edgar and Frances Jessie Carlisle, of Flin Flon, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Elden Fleetwood Carlisle
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Group Photo
Information and photo courtesy Thomas Sørdalen www.home.no.net/thsord/ Aircraft Crash Research in Southern Norway. (P/O Carlisle on Right) Halifax aircraft NA 660 of 298 (RAF) Sqdn. took off at 22.35 on 2nd April 1945 from RAF Tarrant Rushton on a SOE mission "Stirrup 14" to Norway. It was shot up over Lista, caught fire and crashed at Kalleberg near Farsund. The crew were all killed and are buried at Vanse Churchyard. The crew, with the exception of P/O Carlisle, were members of the RAF. NA 660's Crew: W/C (P) H. Law-Wright, DSO, DFC, M.Sc. F/O (N) John C. Boyd Rae P/O (BA) Elden F. Carlisle F/S (WAG) Terence McK. Stonham F/S (FE) Denis S. B. Derrett F/S (AG) Geoffrey B. Johnson -
Photo of Elden Carlisle
Photo of P/O Carlisle Courtesy Thomas Sørdalen www.home.no.net/thsord/ Aircraft Crash Research in Southern Norway. -
Grave Marker
Photo of grave marker courtesy Thomas Sørdalen www.home.no.net/thsord/ Aircraft Crash Research in Southern Norway. -
Photo of Elden Carlisle
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Elden Fleetwood Carlisle
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Elden Fleetwood Carlisle
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Elden Fleetwood Carlisle
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Elden Fleetwood Carlisle
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Elden Fleetwood Carlisle
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 501 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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