English, Robert Deane (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1945-March-31

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Parents:

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

434 (B) Sqn- Squadron
In Excelsis Vincimus We conquer in the Heights

Base

RAF Croft

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

Took off from Croft at 06:25 in Lancaster Mk X (Sqn code: WL-U Bomber Command) to bomb the Blohm & Voss shipyards in Hamburg.

Reported to have been shot down by a Me262 and crashed 09:05 at Nettelnburg on the W side of Bergedorf, Germany.

Three casualties in the crash: Pilot Officer Robert John Green RCAF J/95313 KIA Hamburg Cemetery 3A. J. 9. Flying Officer Gilbert Paul Haliburton RCAF J/38360 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 279. Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell RCAF J/40731 KIA Hamburg Cemetery

There are two crewmen from the aircraft unaccounted for.

Read More ....
Read More ....

Unit Desciption

Read More ....