Smiley, Saskatchewan (parents)
Crashed into the sea for unknown reasons. Crew were all presumed lost, later accepted as KIA.
Westman, Robert Morris (Warrant Officer 2)
Killed in Action 1943-April-29
Birth Date: 1915-September-21
Born: Regina, Saskatchewan
Parents: Philip and Myrtle Westman
Spouse: Doris Mary Westman, of Loreburn, Saskatchewan.
Home: Smiley, Saskatchewan (parents)
Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment Date: 1941-May-08
Service
RCAF
Unit
458 (TB) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
We Find and Destroy
Base
RAF Shallufa, Egypt
Rank
Warrant Officer 2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/101306
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Wellington LB169
Mission
Wellington MK Vlll LB169
Bombing 1943-April-29 to 1943-April-29
458 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Luqa, Malta
458 Australia Squadron (We Find and Destroy). Wellington LB169 took off from RAF Luqa at 2018 hours on the night of 29/30 April 1943 to carry out a shipping search off western Sicily. At 0223 hours a weather report was received at base from the aircraft. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft and it failed to return from the mission. Casualties of the entire crew included: RAAF Flt. Sgt. R.D. Armour (gunner); and RCAF W/O II's G.J. Banks (special equipment (radar) operator), J.R. Grasley (wireless operator), N.A. Stelter (second pilot), and R.M. Westman (pilot); and RCAF Sgt. G.A.D. Cameron (navigator).Wellington LB169 MK Vlll - Bombing - 1943-04-29 to 1943-04-29
Squadron: 458 (B) Sqn (RAAF)
Start Date: 1943-04-29
Completion Date: 1943-04-29
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific: shipping search off western Sicily
Base: RAF Luqa, Malta
Take Off Time: 2018
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Crash Specifics: Mediterranean
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
458 Australia Squadron (We Find and Destroy). Wellington LB169 took off from RAF Luqa at 2018 hours on the night of 29/30 April 1943 to carry out a shipping search off western Sicily. At 0223 hours a weather report was received at base from the aircraft. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft and it failed to return from the mission. Casualties of the entire crew included: RAAF Flt. Sgt. R.D. Armour (gunner); and RCAF W/O II's G.J. Banks (special equipment (radar) operator), J.R. Grasley (wireless operator), N.A. Stelter (second pilot), and R.M. Westman (pilot); and RCAF Sgt. G.A.D. Cameron (navigator).
6 Group Unavailable
458 Australia Squadron (We Find and Destroy). Wellington LB169 took off from RAF Luqa at 2018 hours on the night of 29/30 April 1943 to carry out a shipping search off western Sicily. At 0223 hours a weather report was received at base from the aircraft. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft and it failed to return from the mission. Casualties of the entire crew included: RAAF Flt. Sgt. R.D. Armour (gunner); and RCAF W/O II's G.J. Banks (special equipment (radar) operator), J.R. Grasley (wireless operator), N.A. Stelter (second pilot), and R.M. Westman (pilot); and RCAF Sgt. G.A.D. Cameron (navigator).
