Webb, Cyrus Wilfred (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-August-11

Pilot Officer Cyrus Wilfred Webb RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-April-07

Born:

Parents: Son of Truman B. Webb and Eva R. Webb, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

97 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Achieve Your Aim

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/17776
Prev: R/97024

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Target
Google MapNuremberg Germany
Final Burial
Google MapDurnbach War Cemetery
Plot 7 Row B Grave 1
97 Squadron (Achieve Your Aim), Pathfinder Force. Lancaster aircraft ED939 missing during an attack against Nuremberg, Germany. One Canadian, Sergeant Edwards, was taken Prisoner of War. Five crew members, not Canadians, missing believed killed. Pilot Officer Webb had been injured on August 8, 1942 when a 14 OTU Hampden aircraft crashed one mile south-east of the aerodrome at Cottesmore, England. Addendum: Sgt. S. MeC. Edwards (RCAF) and FS. G. Lowden (RAF) were taken Prisoners Of War. Four RAF crew members, P/O. V. Baker, Sgt.s W.J. Vaughan, J.H. Richards, and FS. A. Davie were also killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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