Schaefer, Robert Harry (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-December-04
Birth Date: 1922-February-05
Born:
Parents: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Schaefer, of Hanover, Ontario, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Hanover, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
619 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ad Altiora To higher things
Base
Strubby
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/35883
Home
Hanover, Ontario
Target
Heilbronn Germany
Temporary Burial
Flying Officer Pilot Schaefer Was Buried Near Baiersbronn
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Lancaster LM751
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I/III LM751
Bombing Heilbronn Germany 1944-December-04 to 1944-December-04
619 (B) Sqn (RAF) Strubby
Took off from Strubby at 16:42 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: PG-X Bomber Command) on an operation to Heilbronn Germany
Shot down by a night fighter itand crashed at Baiersbronn about 7km NW of Freudenstadt.
Killed: Flying Officer Robert Harry Schaefer RCAF J/35883 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.33. Flying Officer Phillip Peter Awad RCAF J/39979 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.34-35. Sergeant John Lonsdale Swanson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.31. Flying Officer Frederick Leonard Meredith RCAF J/38814 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery crave 4.H.34-35, Sergeant Leslie George Weir RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.23.
Unknown: Sergeant J Ross Keilty RCAF R/number POW camp not listed. Sergeant John E Nicholaiff RCAF R/number injured in crash POW camp not listed.
.Lancaster LM751 Mk.I/III - Bombing Heilbronn Germany - 1944-12-04 to 1944-12-04
Squadron: 619 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-12-04
Completion Date: 1944-12-04
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Heilbronn Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Strubby
Take Off Time: 16.42
Squadron Code: PG X
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City:
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
Took off from Strubby at 16:42 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: PG-X Bomber Command) on an operation to Heilbronn Germany
Shot down by a night fighter itand crashed at Baiersbronn about 7km NW of Freudenstadt.
Killed: Flying Officer Robert Harry Schaefer RCAF J/35883 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.33. Flying Officer Phillip Peter Awad RCAF J/39979 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.34-35. Sergeant John Lonsdale Swanson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.31. Flying Officer Frederick Leonard Meredith RCAF J/38814 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery crave 4.H.34-35, Sergeant Leslie George Weir RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.23.
Unknown: Sergeant J Ross Keilty RCAF R/number POW camp not listed. Sergeant John E Nicholaiff RCAF R/number injured in crash POW camp not listed.
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