Photo: Geordie at War Project
J.E. Carrott
Navigator
Royal Air Force
26th February 1944 age 21
His life was short
His heart was brave
Now he lies in a hero’s grave
At rest.
F/Sgt. James Edward Carrott was serving with 15 Squadron. He was a crew member of Lancaster I ED383 LS- which took off from Mildenhall on a mission to Augsburg. The aircraft crashed on the return journey near Lakenheath, killing four and injuring three.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1944; W.R. Chorley; 1997; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 91 1
He is remembered at Gateshead on G39.006 and at Monkwearmouth on M46.02
