Christie, Robert Gunn (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-September-23

Flying Officer Robert Gunn Christie RCAF

Birth Date: 1914

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Home: Okanagan Falls, British Columbia

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Distinguished Flying Medal

Service

RCAF

Unit

97 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Achieve Your Aim

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/18884
Prev: R/133381

Home
Google MapOkanagan Falls, British Columbia
Target
Google MapMannheim Germany
Final Burial
Google MapSoldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK
8 C 18

Took off from Bourn at 19:39 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code OF-A Bomber Command) on an operation to Mannheim Germany.

Aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by a night fighter. It crashed at Ruchheim, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz Germany.

Killed includes Christie: Pilot Officer John Dennis Bradford RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. C. 20-22. Sergeant John Brett RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. C. 20-22. Sergeant John Mallaber RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 8. C. 17. Flight Sergeant Harold George Mitchell RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 8. C. 19. Sergeant Thomas George Griffiths Pugh RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 8. C. 16. Pilot Officer Louis Stevenson RAF pilot KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. C. 20-22.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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