Sleeth, Robert Lorne (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-September-13

Flying Officer Robert Lorne Sleeth RCAF

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: Son of Robert John and Lilian Pearl Sleeth, of Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Gravenhurst, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity

Base

Lisset

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/86169

Home
Google MapGravenhurst, Ontario
Target
Google MapGelsenkirchen Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapKirchhellen, Germany, Near Crash Site

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapReichswald Forest War Cemetery
20 F 4

158 Squadron (Strength In Unity) RAF Lissett. Halifax BIII aircraft MZ 337 NP-A was shot down by flak over the target Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The Halifax crashed near Kirchhellen, Germany

Pilot, Flying Officer RL Sleeth (RCAF), Sergeant JH Boocock (RAFVR), FS A Laing (RAAF) and Sergeant JL Mitchell (RAFVR) were all killed in action. Flying Officer EWH Barker (RAFVR), Flying Officer RH Fox (RAFVR) and Sergeant TW Roberts (RAFVR) managed to bale and make it to the ground

Flying Officer Sleeth went down with the bomber and survived briefly in the wreckage but died from his wounds. Flying Officer Barker had been wound by the flak and died the same day in hospital. Flying Officer Fox and Sergeant Roberts became Prisoners of War

Flying Officer Sleeth is commemorated on the Gravenhurst War Memorial, Gravenhurst, Ontario

Sleeth Island, near Parry Sound, Ontario was named in honour of Flying Officer Sleeth

Unvetted Source 13.09.1944 No.158 Squadron Halifax III MZ337 NP-A F/O. Robert Lorne...

Unvetted Source 158 Squadron Association-Personnel

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission International Bomber Command Centre

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