Storbakken, Reuben Alexander (Warrant Officer 1st Class)

Killed in Action 1944-April-27

Warrant Officer 1st Class Reuben Alexander Storbakken RCAF

Birth Date: 1923

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Home: Lougheed, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

83 (PFF) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strike To Defend

Base

RAF Conningsby

Rank

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/130559

Home
Google MapLougheed, Alberta
Target
Google MapSchweinfurt Germany
Final Burial
Google MapSoldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK
Coll grave Plot 21 Row A Graves 9-14

Took off from Coningsby at 21:27 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code OL-Q Bomber Command) on an operation to Schweinfurt Germany.

Shot down (means not found) and crashed at Dahn a small town 14 km ESE of Pirmasens, Germany.

Killed includes Storbakken Pilot Officer Esmond Russell Caldwell RCAF J/90282 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany, Collective Grave Plot 21. Row A. Graves 9-14. Sergeant William Leslie Holford RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery, Coll. grave Plot 21. Row A. Graves 9-14. Flight Sergeant James George McGarva RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery, Coll. grave Plot 21. Row A. Graves 9-14. Flight Sergeant Walter Alexander Napier RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery, Coll. grave Plot 21. Row A. Graves 9-14. F/Lt Allen Pennington RAF pilot KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery, Coll. grave Plot 21. Row A. Graves 9-14.

POW: Warrant Officer Class 1 David Clifton Prowse RCAF R/121579 POW, camp not listed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster ND400

Pilot Officer Esmond Russell Caldwell RCAF

Pilot Officer Caldwell, Esmond Russell (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-April-27
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Warrant Officer 1st Class David Clifton Prowse RCAF

Warrant Officer 1st Class Prowse, David Clifton (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1944-April-27
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 1st Class Reuben Alexander Storbakken RCAF

Warrant Officer 1st Class Storbakken, Reuben Alexander (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-April-27
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany