Cartmell, James Henry

Date of birth:: September 18th, 1922 (Harrison Mills/British Columbia, Canada)
Date of death:: February 24th, 2017
Service number:: J-12030
Nationality:: Canadian

Biography

Service number: J12030.

Enlisted in Vancouver on 8th July 1941. Trained at No.4 ITS (graduated 22nd November 1941), No.5 EFTS (graduated 31st January 1942) and No.7 SFTS (graduated 26th June 1942). Commissioned in June 1942.

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Flight Lieutenant
Unit:: No. 140 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: September 25th, 1945

Citation:
"Flight Lieutenant Cartmell is a pilot of outstanding skill who has always accomplished his allotted tasks with enthusiasm and resource. He has flown on a large number of operational sorties, invariably pressing home his attacks with courage and determination. In addition, this officer has displayed great interest in the development of the operational technique of night photography, to which he has made a valuable contribution with ideas and experimental flying."

London Gazette dated 2 October 1945 and AFRO 1822/45 dated 7 December 1945. Presented on 6th May 1950.

Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Flight Lieutenant
Unit:: No. 140 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: October 19th, 1945

Citation:
"Almost all the operational sorties flown by this pilot were during the period between D-Day and the crossing of the Seine. Many of these sorties involved low flying in heavily defended areas, notably in photographing the enemy attempts to retreat across the Seine. His operational sorties have been exceptionally successful and he has shown coolness and determination of a very high order. During the operations in France he did valuable work in the practical development of night photography."

AFRO 1619/45.