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Elden Fleetwood Carlisle

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Elden Fleetwood Carlisle

April 3, 1945
Lisla, Norway

Military Service

Service Number:

J/94462

Age:

27

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

298 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

May 6, 1917
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

June 23, 1942
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Martin Edgar and Frances Jessie Carlisle, of Flin Flon, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 501 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VANSE CHURCHYARD
Norway

Grave Reference:

British Plot. Coll. grave.

Location:

Vanse is 8 kilometres west of Farsund, on the western tip of the south coast and contains the Commonwealth War Graves of nine airmen, six of whom belonged to the crew of a Halifax of 298 Squadron which crashed on 3 April 1945.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Elden Carlisle– Photo of P/O Carlisle Courtesy Thomas Sørdalen www.home.no.net/thsord/ Aircraft Crash Research in Southern Norway.

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    Photo of Elden Carlisle – Photo of P/O Carlisle Courtesy Thomas Sørdalen www.home.no.net/thsord/ Aircraft Crash Research in Southern Norway.
  • 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

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    Group Photo
    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– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Elden Carlisle – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Cemetery

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  • Grave Marker– Photo of grave marker courtesy Thomas Sørdalen www.home.no.net/thsord/ Aircraft Crash Research in Southern Norway.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo of grave marker courtesy Thomas Sørdalen www.home.no.net/thsord/ Aircraft Crash Research in Southern Norway.

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