Christianson, Chris Zane Robert (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-October-09

Flight Sergeant Chris Zane Robert Christianson RCAF

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: Charles James Christianson & Ruth Christianson

Spouse: Veronica Christianson, of Liverpool.

Home: Duchess, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

7 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Diem Per Noctem By day and by night

Base

RAF Oakington

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/159411

Home
Google MapDuchess, Alberta
Target
Google MapHannover, Germany
Final Burial
Google MapGeneral Cemetery
Row 2 Grave 3 Plot 6 South

Took off from Oakington at 22:59 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code MG-V Bomber Command) on an operation to Hannover Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Norg - Westervelde, Drenthe, Holland.

Killed: Flying Officer Sydney George Burnham-Richards RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 123. Flight Sergeant Chris Zane Robert Christianson RCAF R/159411 KIA Norg General Cemetery Plot 6 South. Row 2. Grave 3. Sergeant Frederick Reginald Brine RAF KIA Norg General Cemetery Holland Plot 6 South. Row 2. Grave 4. Sergeant Eric Alfred Brinton RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 143. Flying Officer Bruce Edwin Cornwall MacPherson RAF KIA Norg General Cemetery Plot 6 South. Row 2. Grave 1. Sergeant Maxwell George Smallridge RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 165. Sergeant Thomas Roy Spencer RAF KIA Norg General Cemetery Plot 6 South. Row 2. Grave 2.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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