CARTER – Geofrey William

132305 – Flight Lieutenant – Pilot – 18 Sqn – Boston – KIA at 26 – Caserta War Cemetery, Italy

Volunteer ETS; Trained at Piarco; KIA on 16 Mar 1944. Engaged on recce operational sortie Cassino-Frosinone area, crash laned at Macianise airfield at 2047hrs ; Boston BZ2375. Crew of 4 perished. Buried Caserta War cemetery, Italy, Plot 7, Row C, Grave 18 Son of William Howard Carter and Edna Lovell Carter, of Barbados, British West Indies.

[Source: CMHA, CG]

Name: CARTER, GEOFFREY WILIAM
Initials: G W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 18 Sqdn.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 16/03/1944
Service No: 132305
Additional information: Son of William Howard Carter and Edna Lovell Carter, of Barbados, British West Indies.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII, C, 18.
Cemetery: CASERTA WAR CEMETERY

Very possible candidate: Boston III – serial BZ375 – hit trees on take-off at night Marcianise, which is very close to the cemetary.

[Source: www.WW2chat.com (CWGC)]

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