In memory of

Flying Officer

Carl William Kruger

who died on 31 Mar 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flying Officer
  Service number J22096
  Date of death 19440331
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J22096 Flying Officer (No. 12 Squadron RAF bomb aimer) Carl William Kruger (b.1916) of Fort San was KIA 19440331 and is buried at Hanover war cemetery, Harrenburg, Germany. Kruger was on his 33rd mission when his Lancaster was shot down during a night raid on Nuremberg, one of 108 Allied aircraft lost that night. He was the son of Henry and Agatha (Olfert) Kruger who came from Ukraine. Carl was born at Vegreville, Alberta, educated at Dysart and Regina and farmed in the Hyde district south of Lemberg. He worked for a year as an orderly at Fort San before enlisting at Regina in 1941. Three weeks before enlisting he married Violet Matilda (Holmes) of Kelliher, she and their son Robert Charles were later at Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 187 - North Qu'Appelle
  Cemetery or memorial location Hannover war cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Kruger Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.75°N / 104.8°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P10
  Geo-memorial details North of Missinipe.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19160110
  Place of birth Vegreville, Alberta    
  Date of enlistment 19410820
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Fort San    
  Occupation orderly
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