61 Squadron (Per Puram Tunantes). BROTHER to Herbert Stanley Seibold. Lancaster aircraft R 5562 missing during a bombing operation. FS A.W. Armstrong was also killed and four RAF members of the crew missing believed killed. One Canadian, Sergeant W.C. Howell was taken Prisoner of War.
Addendum: . Lancaster aircraft R 5562 crashed at Rees, Germany during this night bombing operation. FS.s A.W. Armstrong, J.L. Tarran (RAF), Sgt.s F.J. Hanson (RAF), G. Glassbrook (RAF), and W. Simons (RAF) were also killed. Sgt. W.C. Howell (RCAF) was taken Prisoner Of War.
Seibold, Elwood Raymond (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1942-June-03
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Parents: Son of Fred and Mary Seibold, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.<p></p>
Spouse:
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air
Base
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/5794
Target
Essen Germany
Temporary Burial
North Military Cemetery At Dusseldorf, Germany
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
