Columbus, Basil Edgar (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-September-13

Flight Sergeant Basil Edgar Columbus RCAF

Birth Date: 1925-May-24

Born:

Parents: Edgar A. Columbus & Margaret E. Columbus

Spouse:

Home: Iroquois Falls, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

90 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Celer Swift

Base

RAF Tuddenham

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/217581

Final Burial
Google MapDurnbach War Cemetery
Plot 8 Row E Grave10

Took off from Tuddenham at 18:29 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code WP-A Bomber Command) on an operation to Frankfurt Germany.

Shot down (means not found) and crashed near Gmund am Tegernsee, Landkreis Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany.

Killed includes Columbus: Flight Sergeant Basil Edgar Columbus RCAF R/217581 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 8. E. 10. Flight Sergeant Nathan Merrill Hurlbut RCAF R/197216 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 8. E. 11. F/Lt Abraham Lionel Kirsch RCAF J/25463 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 8. E. 12. Flying Officer Richard Edwardes MacLaren RCAF J/29267 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 8. E. 9. Sergeant Herbert William Hazell RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. E. 5-8. Flight Sergeant Victor Lawrence Wilkinson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave Coll. grave 8. E. 5-8. Pilot Officer Ronald John Winchester RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. E. 5-8.