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Mr Carl Winston Cassini (1937-1938)

  • Date of birth 10 April 1922
  • School Information Packard Prize for Science Junior 1938
  • Career Information None
  • Date of Death 18 December 1944
  • Cause of Death He took off from RAF Snaith at 0258 on 18 December 1944 on ops to Duisburg, but crashed into a wood South of Charleroi in Belgium with the loss of all crew members
  • Location Wood south of Charleroi in Belgium
  • Cemetery Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Arrondissement Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium – Plot VIII. A. 17
  • Rank Flying Officer
  • Brand of Service Royal Air Force, 51 Halifax Squadron
  • Story FLYINGOFFICERCARLWINSTONCASSINI37-38

Flying Officer. Took off from RAF Snaith at 0258 on 18 December 1944 on ops to Duisburg, but crashed into a wood South of Charleroi in Belgium with the loss of all crew members. Possibly involved in a mid air collision – click here for more details, kindly supplied by a non OF (Leslie Green).