CARTER, Douglas Alfred
| Service Number: | 410145 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 December 1941, Enlisted ar Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 3 November 1916 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 15 March 1944, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Collective grave. Row B, Graves 29-33 Headstone inscription reads: Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life Roll of Honour - Melbourne, Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 410145 | |
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| 5 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 410145, Enlisted ar Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Walter Matthew and Ellen Carter; husband of Thora Cecilia Carter of Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. Thora re-married and was known as Thora Cecilia McLaughlin of Victoria, Canada
Plane was Lancaster 111 ND557 which exploded on impact near Durnbach, Germany. It was sir operations targeting Stuttgart, Germany. Eyewitnesses state that he plane was well alight before hitting the ground and causing a loud explosion. The impact left a crater approximately 100 feet and 25 feet deep suggesting that it was still loaded with bombs
Medals: 1939-45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal