49 Squadron (Cave Canem)
Aircraft was shot down by heavy flak and crashed at at Klein Reken, Reken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
FS SD Bird (RCAF), Warrant Officer N Nixon (RAFVR), Sergeant C Wilde (RAFVR), Sergeant NW Fyfe (RAFVR), Sergeant RT Moore (RAFVR), Sergeant E Dangerfield (RAFVR), Sergeant FR Fowler (RAFVR) and Sergeant RKB Muir (RAFVR) were killed.
FS Bird was TWIN BROTHER to Colin Ray Bird.
Bird, Sydney Dennis (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-June-15
Birth Date: 1920-October-17
Born: Lashburn, Saskatchewan
Parents: Charles Joseph and Nellie Ethel Bird.
Spouse:
Home: Lashburn, Saskatchewan (parents)
Enlistment: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Enlistment Date: 1941-August-08
Service
RCAF
Unit
49 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Cave Canem Beware of the dog
Base
RAF Fiskerton
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Navigator Bomb Aimer
Service Numbers
R/115874
Target
Oberhausen Germany
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
