Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Douglas Alexander Carson
In memory of:
Pilot Officer Douglas Alexander Carson
July 18, 1944
Mondeville, Calvados, France
Military Service
J/90068
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Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
#427 Lion Squadron (Ferte Manus Certas).
1939-1945 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and Operational Wings.
Additional Information
May 31, 1924
Victoria, British Columbia
December 7, 1942
Vancouver, British Columbia
Son of Thomas John Stewart Caron and Helen Blythe Rodger, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Brother of Thomas Stewart Caron, who served in Europe during the Second World War and survived.
He served in Canada and in Great Britain. He had 506 days of service, including 285 days overseas.
Commemorated on Page 269 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France
XXV. E. 6.
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Douglas Alexander Carson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Douglas Alexander Carson 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 DOUGLAS ALEXANDER CARSON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of DOUGLAS ALEXANDER CARSON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of DOUGLAS ALEXANDER CARSON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Other – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Other – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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