8 Headquarters, Bombay. F/L. Lasser and one airman, not Canadian, were killed, two airmen, not Canadians, missing believed killed, and one airman, not Canadian, was wounded when a glider missed its landing area and crashed in the jungle during a special night operation.
Lasser, Robert Arnold Samuel (Flight Lieutenant)
Killed in Action 1944-March-05
Birth Date: 1921-January-14
Born:
Parents: Son of Robert and Martha P. Lasser, of Pitt Meadows, British Columbia.
Spouse:
Home: Cloverdale, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
8 HQSEA
Base
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/7477
Temporary Burial
Sahmaw Christian Cemetery, Burma
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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