Webber, Rodney (Warrant Officer 2)

Killed in Action 1943-April-03

Warrant Officer 2 Rodney Webber RCAF

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: Fred W. and Onia Webber

Spouse:

Home: Bellingham, Washington, USA (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

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

Base

RAF Lissett

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/106709

Home
Google MapBellingham, Washington, USA (parents)
Target
Google MapEssen Germany
Final Burial
Google MapRusthof Amersfoort
Plot 13. Row 5. Grave 96.
158 Squadron (Strength In Unity). Aircraft was shot down by flak and crashed onto a dyke at Wapenweld (Gelderland) 10 km SSW of Zwolle Holland. Warrant Officer F.H. Blake was also killed and five of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. Warrant Officer Webber had been interned in Spain on August 27, 1942 when his 15 OTU Wellington aircraft went down; he returned safely to the United Kingdom on December 31, 1942. Addendum: Halifax aircraft DT 795 (NP-N) missing since take-off, nothing heard since. Five RAF members of the crew, Sgt.s T.W. Trollope, W.D. Hawkins, J.C. Jones, P.H. Eldridge, and G.S, Walters were also killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax DT795

Warrant Officer 1 Frederick Henry Blake RCAF

Warrant Officer 1 Blake, Frederick Henry (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-April-03
Rusthof Amersfoort, Dodeweg, Leusden, Netherlands

Sergeant Philip Henry Eldridge RAF

Sergeant Eldridge, Philip Henry (RAF)
W/Op-AG
Killed in Action
1943-April-03
cemetery unknown

Sergeant William David Hawkins RAF

Sergeant Hawkins, William David (RAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-April-03
cemetery unknown

Sergeant John Ceredig Jones RAF

Sergeant Jones, John Ceredig (RAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-April-03
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Thomas Victor Trollope RAF

Sergeant Trollope, Thomas Victor (RAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-April-03
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Gerard Stanley Walters RAF

Sergeant Walters, Gerard Stanley (RAF)
Flt. Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-April-03
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 2 Rodney Webber RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Webber, Rodney (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-April-03
Rusthof Amersfoort, Dodeweg, Leusden, Netherlands