Carl Joseph Van Horn
MilitaryEnlisted with RCAF. Transferred to USAAF Dec-43. Assigned to 12th Replacement Control Depot. Detached to 83 Sqn RAF flying as a Avro Lancaster navigator on 13 missions. Failed to Return 14th mission to 'bomb by moonlight' Caen, France on the night of 6/7th June 1944. Killed in Action [KIA]. MACR 9837.
Missions: 20/2/44 Stuttgart [6 1/4hr], 25/2/44 Augsburg [7 1/4hr], 18/3/44 Frankfurt [5hr], 24/3/44 Berlin [7hr], 26/3/44 Essen [4 1/2hr], 30/3/44 Nurnberg [7 1/2hr], 20/4/44 Paris [4 1/2hr], 22/4/44 Brunswick [5 1/2hr], 3/5/44 Mailly le Camp [5 3/4hr], 7/5/44 Lanveoc [5 1/4hr], 11/5/44 Bourg [3 3/4hr], 22/5/44 Brunswick [5 3/4hr], 27/5/44 Nantes [5 1/4hr].
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Depot
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Supply
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Lancaster
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ohio, USA | 6 September 1918 | |
Died |
14000 Caen, France | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return 14th mission to 'bomb by moonlight' Caen, France on the night of 6/7th June 1944. |
Buried |
16 Boulevard Richemond, 14000 Caen, France | 8 June 1944 | Interred Caen cemetery. |
Other Based |
Tidworth SP9, UK | Assigned to 12th Replacement Control Depot. | |
Other Based |
Baxter Cl, Coningsby, Lincoln LN4 4TG, UK | 7 June 1944 | Detached to 83 Sqn RAF flying as a Avro Lancaster navigator on 13 missions. RAF Coningsby. |
Buried |
6440 S High St, Lockbourne, OH 43137, USA | Re-Interred Saint Joseph Cemetery Lockbourne, Franklin County, OH | |
Enlisted |
Canada | Enlisted with RCAF. Jul-41. | |
Other Transferred to USAAF |
England, UK | Transferred to USAAF. |
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