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Identity
Person No.
3466
Service No.
88404
Last Name
First Name
Derek Guy
Initials
D G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Death Record
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Hampden AT177, failed to return from an attack on German warships Prinz Eugen, Scharnhorst and Gneisnau (Operation Fuller) in the English Channel. One of eight 50 Squadron aircraft attacking the Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen as they made their "Channel Dash" from Brest to Kiel
Grave Reference
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Major Cyril Rodney Carter, D.S.O., and of Celia Ellen Alexia Carter, of Penhalonga, Southern Rhodesia.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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