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Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
F.Sgt. Culverson was serving in 166 (RAF) Squadron as Air Gunner on Lancaster PD 260. The aircraft was on a raid to Brunswick, Germany the night of August 12/13, 1944. As an experiment on this raid, no Pathfinder aircraft took part and there was no marking. The result was there was no concentration of bombing. There was a heavy loss of a total of 242 Lancasters and 137 Halifaxes. 17 Lancasters and 10 Halifaxes were lost, or 7.1 per cent of the force. [www.raf.mod.uk/]
Other crew members killed were:
WO2 (P) Lawrence W. Davies, age 21, from Hill Spring, AB;
F/O (N) W. Reginald Smith, age 23, from Montreal, Que.;
F.Sgt. (BA) Harold E. Squibb, age 22, from Duncan, B. C.;
F.Sgt. (AG) Robert J. Sinclair, age 25, from Richmond, Quebec; and two RAF crew: Sgt. (WAG) H. Bodger, age 22, and Sgt. (FE) H. E. Arbon, age 19.
[Source of crew information: They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.]
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
Hanover War Cemetery [Limmer British Cemetery] (CWGC)
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
From the Toronto Star November 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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F.Sgt. Culverson was serving in 166 (RAF) Squadron as Air Gunner on Lancaster PD 260. The aircraft was on a raid to Brunswick, Germany the night of August 12/13, 1944. As an experiment on this raid, no Pathfinder aircraft took part and there was no marking. The result was there was no concentration of bombing. There was a heavy loss of a total of 242 Lancasters and 137 Halifaxes. 17 Lancasters and 10 Halifaxes were lost, or 7.1 per cent of the force. [www.raf.mod.uk/] Other crew members killed were: WO2 (P) Lawrence W. Davies, age 21, from Hill Spring, AB; F/O (N) W. Reginald Smith, age 23, from Montreal, Que.; F.Sgt. (BA) Harold E. Squibb, age 22, from Duncan, B. C.; F.Sgt. (AG) Robert J. Sinclair, age 25, from Richmond, Quebec; and two RAF crew: Sgt. (WAG) H. Bodger, age 22, and Sgt. (FE) H. E. Arbon, age 19. [Source of crew information: They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.]
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Hanover War Cemetery [Limmer British Cemetery] (CWGC)
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star November 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 284 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HANOVER WAR CEMETERY Germany
Hanover Military Cemetery which adjoins the HANOVER WAR CEMETERY is reached via the A2 E30 motorway from Dortmund to Berlin. At the junction with the B441 turn right onto the B441 and follow signs for Hanover, Ahlem and Seelze. After 7 km turn right onto Seelzestrasse leading towards Harrenburg. After 5 km and having entered Harenburg turn left onto Harenberger Miele. The Hanover Military Cemetery and the HANOVER WAR CEMETERY are located 3 km after leaving Harrenburg in the direction of Hanover.
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