Antoft, Otto Hjalmar (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-September-21

Flying Officer Otto Hjalmar Antoft RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: Son of Otto Hugo and Asta Antoft, of Kentville, King's Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Kentville, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

190 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ex Tenebris Through darkness

Base

RAF Fairford

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/25114

Home
Google MapKentville, Nova Scotia
Final Burial
Google MapArhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
Collective grave 4 D 6-7
190 Squadron (Ex Tenebris) Stirling IV aircraft LJ 943 crashed near Zetten between Ede and Bennekon killing Pilot Officer RB Herger (RCAF), Flying Officer OH Antoft (RCAF), Flying Officer JK MacDonnell (RCAF), Warrant Officer LI Whitlock (RCAF), Flying Officer A Thomington (RAF) were killed. Drivers E Noble (RAF) and L Parker, Sgt. LJ Hillyard (RAF) and W/O JC Thomas (RCAF) were taken Prisoner of War. Detail provided by Bob Middleton of Killarney, Manitoba.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Stirling LJ943

Flying Officer Otto Hjalmar Antoft RCAF

Flying Officer Antoft, Otto Hjalmar (RCAF)
Navigator Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-September-21
Arhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands

Pilot Officer Robert Blair Herger RCAF

Pilot Officer Herger, Robert Blair (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-September-21
Airborne Cemetery, Arnhem, Netherlands

Flying Officer John Kenneth MacDonnell RCAF

Flying Officer MacDonnell, John Kenneth (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-September-21
Airborne Cemetery, Arnhem, Netherlands

Warrant Officer 2 Leslie Innis Whitlock RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Whitlock, Leslie Innis (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-September-21
Airborne Cemetery, Arnhem, Netherlands