Warrant Officer Class I William (Billie) J. Carmichael

General Information

Conflict:

WW2

Regimental No.:

R/74335

Cause of Death (in war):

Accident

Branch:

Air Force

Regiment:

Canadian Forces

Battalion:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Company:

110 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth:

Howick, Quebec

Date of Enlistment:

Age at Enlistment:

19 years 11 months

Date of Discharge:

Age at Discharge:

22 years

Date of Death:

Age at Death:

22 years

Country Born:

Canada

Trade or Calling:

Student

Next of Kin:

Martha Stewart Lavallieve, 126 N. Hamilton Ave., Ottawa, Ontario

Address at Enlistment:

126 N. Hamilton Ave., Ottawa, Ontario

Religion:

United Church of Canada

Place of Enlistment:

Ottawa, Ontario

Was a Prisoner of War:

Height:

5 ft 7.0 in / 170 cm

Weight:

118 lbs / 54 kg

Chest:

32.0 in / 81 cm

Expansion:

2.5 in / 6 cm

Marital Status:

Single

Prior Military Experience:

Not Specified

Saw Service in:

Place of Discharge:

Discharge Type:

Died in Service

Discharge Notes:

Battle Died/Wounded:

Length of Service:

779 days in service

Buried at:

Singapore Memorial

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Notes

Conflict	Rank	Regiment	Branch	Unit	Company	Date From	Date To
WW2	Warrant Officer Class I	Canadian Forces	Air Force	Royal Canadian Air Force	110 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Died off of Off of Churma Island, Pakistan
Howick High School 1925-1932
Strathcona Acadamy, Montreal 1932-1935
Ottawa Technical High School 1938-1940 Matriculation, special in Aeronautics
Glebe Collegiate Institute 1936-1937
Played hockey extensivly, football moderatly, softball extensivly, basketball, tennis occasionally
During service his weight grew from 118 lbs to 132
Employed at Tupps Womens Wear Dress Shop

Additional Service Notes

At attestation was noted as underweight, but fit
Died during a normal training flight to carry out a bombing exercise out to sea on the afternoon of 10 December 1942 in the company of his Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sergeant T. Lawson (NO. 1305442) in a ultee A-31 Vengeance dive bomber, an American-made WWII dive bomber. Search parties were sent out and no trace of aircraft or occupants found.
They were to engage in dive bombing practice from 10'000 feet in the immediate vicinity of churma Island off Cape Monze at 14:15 hours. After take off until immediatly prior to going into the dive to drop the bombs, Sgt. Lawton was in R/T communication withthe unit signals section. His last message being "We are about to drop our bombs, will call you up immediatly afterwards" or words to that effect. It is likely that Sgt. Carmichael failed to pull out of his bombing dive in time to avoid the sea. This would have been possible as height is most deceptive over water.
He had been atatched to the No 100 Squadron, Drigh Rd. Karachi (now Pakistan)