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Carey, G.W.F., P/Off., 1940

Photo: David Sloan

In Castletown Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of:

Pilot Officer
G.W.F. Carey, DFC.
(of New Zealand)
Pilot
Royal Air Force
14th July 1940 Age 24

Lo, I am with you alway,
even unto
the ends of the earth.

P/Off. Carey was with 220 Squadron. He was a crew member of Hudson I N 7231 NR-S based at Thornaby which was on patrol. On the return the aircraft hit a balloon cable and crashed at Boldon Colliery. The aircraft went on fire and the bomb-load exploded.

Royal Air Force Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War: Vol.1L Aircraft and Crew Losses 1939-1941; Ross McNeill; 2003; Midland Publishing: ISBN 1 85780 128 8.


The CWGC entry for Pilot Officer Carey

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk

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