Collins, Robert Archibald (Flight Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1945-01-16

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

415 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Ad Metam To the mark

Base

RAF East Moor

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/251076

Took off from East Moor at 18:25 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code: 6U-L Bomber Command) on an operation to Magdeburg Germany.

Shot down (means not found0 and crashed at Morscheid 14 km NNW of Birkenfeld, Germany

Killed:F/Lt William Fleming Borrett RCAF J/9468 pilot KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Plot 9. Row B. Grave 26.Pilot Officer Parker Reginald Mogridge RCAF J/95452 KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Plot 7. Row C. Grave 23.

POWs includes Collins:Sergeant George Victor Alfred Binne RCAF R/218666 POW camp not listed.Flight Sergeant Willam Kenneth Bradley RCAF R/268458 camp not listed.Flying Officer Thomas King Daniel RCAF J/40104 POW camp not listed.Flying Officer Donald Michael Sloan RCAF J/40528 POW camp not listed.

In Enemy Hands: Canadian Prisoners of War 1939-45

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