Coste, Robert Maxwell
Prisoner of War 1939-09-29
Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Home: Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
144 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Who Shall Stop Us
Base
RAF Hemswell
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Flight Lieutenant
Service Numbers
40085
PoW: 20
Home
Calgary, Alberta
Target
Heligoland
Took off from Hemswell at 06:40 in Hampden Mark I (Sqn code: PL- Bomber Command) on an operation to Heligoland.
Shot down by a night fighter and crashed into the sea between Heligoland and Wangerooge.
Killed;AC2 Stanley Isherwood RAF KIA Sage War Cemetery, Germany grave 4. E. 4.Sergeant Charles George Williams RAF KIA Sage War Cemetery grave 4. E. 5.Flight Sergeant Siriol Williams RAF pilot KIA Sage War Cemetery grave 4. E. 6.
POWs: includes Coste
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Handley Page Hampden
Handley Page Hampden (Serial No. P5428), of No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Patricia Bay, British Columbia, in the torpedo-bomber training role between May 1942 and February 1944.
Handley Page developed a modern stressed-skin mid-wing monoplane, powered by Bristol Pegasus radial air cooled engines, with its first flight in 1936. It had the most advanced wings available at the time, giving it a remarkably low landing speed of 73 mph for an aircraft of its size, with a top speed of 265 mph. The Hampden had a short, narrow but tall main fuselage with a very slender tail unit. This configuration led to the nicknames "Flying Panhandle" and "Flying Suitcase". At the end of the war, no complete or partial Hampden aircraft were retained for museum display.
The Hampden served in the early stages of the war, bearing the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and in the first 1000-bomber raid on Cologne.In Canada, Hampdens were built by six companies that formed Associated Aircraft. There were three in Ontario and three in Quebec, hence they were identified as the Ontario Group and Quebec Group. They supplied all the the components to the two assembly plants. The Ontario Group's assembly plant was at the Malton Airport, while the Quebec group's assembly plant was at the St. Hubert Airport. Canadian Museum of Flight and Harold A Skaarup web page
Handley Page Hampden in Flight
Wikipedia Hampden Bomber 
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 
Hampden - Kestrel Publications