Telfer, Robert Lloyd (Warrant Officer 1st Class)
Killed in Action 1942-August-28
Birth Date: 1915-October-25
Born:
Parents: Son of Robert Adam Telfer and Alice Olivia (nee Paul) Telfer of Humboldt, Saskatchewan
Spouse: Husband of Marvel Joyce (nee Baker) Telfer
Home: Humboldt, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: 1940-September-12
Service
RCAF
Unit
103 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Noli Me Tangere Touch me not
Base
RAF Elsham Wolds
Rank
Warrant Officer 1st Class
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/62467
Target
Saarbrucken Germany
Robert L Telfer and crew 103 Sqn
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Halifax BB204
Mission
Halifax B.Mk.II BB204
Bombing Saarbrucken Germany 1942-August-28 to 1942-August-28
103 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Elsham Wolds
103 Squadron (Noll Me Tangere) RAF Elsham Wolds. Halifax Mk II aircraft BB 204 was coned by the searchlights of Flakschwere Regiment (motorized) 7 and then shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of Stab II/NJG4 during an operation against targets in Saarbrucken, Germany. The Halifax crashed near Hastiere, Namur, Belgium
Warrant Officer 1st Class Robert Lloyd Telfer (RCAF), Pilot Officer Ronald Albert Bingham (RAFVR), Sergeant John Patch (RAFVR) and Sergeant Squire Arbuthnott Webster (RAFVR) were killed in action
Flight Lieutenant Robert Lewis Andre (RAAF), Sergeant Herbert O'Neill (RAAF) and Sergeant Robert Thomas Lewthwaite (RAFVR) survived to be taken as Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive, The Early Years Part 3, 30 May - 31 December 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 84
Halifax BB204 B.Mk.II - Bombing Saarbrucken Germany - 1942-08-28 to 1942-08-28
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103 Squadron (Noll Me Tangere) RAF Elsham Wolds. Halifax Mk II aircraft BB 204 was coned by the searchlights of Flakschwere Regiment (motorized) 7 and then shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of Stab II/NJG4 during an operation against targets in Saarbrucken, Germany. The Halifax crashed near Hastiere, Namur, Belgium
Warrant Officer 1st Class Robert Lloyd Telfer (RCAF), Pilot Officer Ronald Albert Bingham (RAFVR), Sergeant John Patch (RAFVR) and Sergeant Squire Arbuthnott Webster (RAFVR) were killed in action
Flight Lieutenant Robert Lewis Andre (RAAF), Sergeant Herbert O'Neill (RAAF) and Sergeant Robert Thomas Lewthwaite (RAFVR) survived to be taken as Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive, The Early Years Part 3, 30 May - 31 December 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 84