Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

2800

Title

Bill Marr (left) and Joe Carpenter standing in front of a Bristol Beaufighter aircraft in Acrington, England (north of Newcastle).

Date

Jun. 1943.

Description

Bill Marr (left) and Joe Carpenter standing in front of a Bristol Beaufighter aircraft in Acrington, England (north of Newcastle). This was taken after a burial parade for Flying Officer Sibbitte. Sibbitte was flying with Taylor when his Mosquito rolled and crashed during a night exercise.

People/Subject

Airplanes

Carpenter, Joseph (Joe) Omar

Joseph Carpenter was born in Oak Lake, Manitoba on December 26, 1898, and lived in Langley since 1947. Joe was a veteran of World War I and served overseas in France for more than three years with the 229th Regiment. He was a barber.
Source: Obituary.

Marr, William Lloyd (1917-2018)

William Lloyd Marr was born on July 5, 1917 in Bramshott, Surrey, England, to parents Dr. Benjamin Butler Marr and Isabel Drew Marr, née McIntosh, of Fort Langley, while Dr. Marr was serving overseas during WWI. William married Henrietta (Etta) Lucas McAteer on April 4,1941. He and Henrietta had two children, Richard Flynn Marr and Katherine Ann Marr. He passed away in Langley on February 23, 2018.

World War, 1939-1945

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