Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Donald Harvey Culverson
In memory of:
Flight Sergeant Donald Harvey Culverson
August 13, 1944
Military Service
R/217185
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
Commemorated on Page 284 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Germany
12. E. 6.
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.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Memorial – 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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Memorial – 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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Memorial – 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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Photo of DONALD HARVEY CULVERSON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of DONALD HARVEY CULVERSON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star November 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
![Newspaper Clipping– 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.]](https://cvwm.images.cloud.veterans.gc.ca/2198491_1.jpg)
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Newspaper Clipping – 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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Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
![Hanover War Cemetery– Hanover War Cemetery [Limmer British Cemetery] (CWGC)](https://cvwm.images.cloud.veterans.gc.ca/2198491_3.jpg)
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Hanover War Cemetery – Hanover War Cemetery [Limmer British Cemetery] (CWGC)
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