| Sgt Charles Tarr
was serving as an air gunner on board Lancaster Mk. II DS-740 coded QO-Z
during an
operation to Braunschweig on January 14/15 1944. The aircraft failed
to return from this operation and all hands onboard were lost when it
crashed 6km from Northeim.
The crew were initially buried at
Lagerhausen but were later re-interred at Hanover War Cemetery.
The other
crewmembers were:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Age |
|
P/O Donald Rae |
RCAF |
Pilot |
21 |
|
Sgt. Kenneth Evans |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
19 |
|
F/O Geoffrey Holmes |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
22 |
|
P/O David Lyng |
RCAF |
Bomb Aimer |
- |
|
F/Sgt Edward Howe |
RAFVR |
W/Op/A/G |
21 |
|
WO/2 William Hoppus |
RCAF |
Air Gunner |
26 |
Sergeant Charles Tarr
was 29 years old at the time of his death, he was from Gorton,
Manchester and the husband of Doris Tarr.
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