Raymond was the son of Theodore Wilfred Carr and Eleanor Carr. He won a North Riding County Council Scholarship to attend Coatham School Redcar as a day boy in September 1936.
He was then aged thirteen and joined Cochrane's House, in Form IIIA. The school magazine of March 1937 noted his participation in the annual cross-country run. He remained in school until July 1939, by then in Form VB, and there is evidence that he may well have had a younger brother in the school.
His parents lived in Blackpool at the time of his death. He was first listed on the School's Roll of Honour in June 1945.
He was killed during operations on D-Day itself. His squadron was flying Douglas Dakota transport aircraft engaged in paratroop-dropping and glider-towing duties. He was the wireless operator on a Dakota which, shortly after releasing its towed glider, was brought down by anti-aircraft fire at Melville near Ouistreham on the northern French coast.
Raymond was the son of Theodore Wilfred Carr and Eleanor Carr. He won a North Riding County Council Scholarship to attend Coatham School Redcar as a day boy in September 1936.
He was then aged thirteen and joined Cochrane's House, in Form IIIA. The school magazine of March 1937 noted his participation in the annual cross-country run. He remained in school until July 1939, by then in Form VB, and there is evidence that he may well have had a younger brother in the school.
His parents lived in Blackpool at the time of his death. He was first listed on the School's Roll of Honour in June 1945.
He was killed during operations on D-Day itself. His squadron was flying Douglas Dakota transport aircraft engaged in paratroop-dropping and glider-towing duties. He was the wireless operator on a Dakota which, shortly after releasing its towed glider, was brought down by anti-aircraft fire at Melville near Ouistreham on the northern French coast.
Gravesite Details
Sergeant (W. Op.), 48 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of Theodore Wilfrid and Eleanor Carr, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Age: 21.
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