Toombs, Harry Wallace (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1943-May-03

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Harry Wallace Toombs RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Toombs, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; husband of Bessie A. Toombs.

Spouse: Husband of Bessie A. Toombs.

Home: Calgary, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

487 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RNZAF)
Ki Te Mutunga Through to the end

Base

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/103535

Home
Google MapCalgary, Alberta
Target
Google MapAmsterdam Netherlands
Temporary Burial
Google MapLangeoog

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapSage War Cemetery
7 F 14

Crew or Other Personnel

Ventura AE798

Sergeant Albert Edward Downs RAFVR

Sergeant Downs, Albert Edward (RAFVR)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-May-03
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Sergeant James William Lowe RAF

Sergeant Lowe, James William (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-May-03
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant James Cunningham Lynass RCAF

Flight Sergeant Lynass, James Cunningham (RCAF)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-May-03
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Harry Wallace Toombs RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Toombs, Harry Wallace (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-May-03
Sage War Cemetery, Oldenburg, Land Niedersachsen, Germany

Mission

Ventura Mk. I AE798

Combat Amsterdam Netherlands 1943-May-03 to 1943-May-03

487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF) Methwold

Ramrod

487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Ventura aircraft was shot down in the North Sea off Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland. Four occupants (2 Canadians) were killed.