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Sergeant

Eric Cartwright

Service number 1208967
Military unit 207 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Unknown
Date of birth 01 Jun 1920
Date of death 24 Jul 1942 (22 years old)
Place of birth Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies

He was a french polisher.

Family history

He was the son of Edward Robert and Dorothy Eleanor Cartwright and the brother of Harold and Dorothy Cartwright. In 1939, they lived at 2, Dane Street, St Ann's, Nottingham.

Military history

Runnymede Memorial Panel 79

Lancaster I R5632. When lost over the North Sea, this aircraft had a total of 103 hours.

Flight Sergeant W G Hawes (RAAF), Sergeant P J Hooper (RNZAF), Sergeant H F Clarke, Sergeant E Cartwright, Flight Sergeant T C Blair (RCAF), Flight Sergeant J C Chrisson (RCAF), Sergeant W R Smith: missing believed dead; killed; Lancaster R5632, 207 Squadron, aircraft failed to return from an operational flight over Duisburg, Germany.

Extra information

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