Rey, Albert Edward (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Prisoner of War 1942-December-03

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Home: Toronto, Ontario

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Service

RCAF

Unit

75 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ake Ake Kia Kaha For ever and ever be strong

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Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/93319
PoW: 42829

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
Target
Google MapFrankfurt Germany

Took off from Newmarket at 02:02 in Stirling Mark I (Sqn code: AA-Q Bomber Command) on an operation to Hamburg Germany.

Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Idar-Oberstein 47 km ESE of Trier Germany.

Killed: W/O Robert Edward Preston RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 1. Z. 15. Sergeant Alexander Watson McMorrine RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 18. D. 1. Sergeant Alexander Scott RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 18. D. 2.

POWs includes Rey: Sergeant Dennis Cygnet Baker RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant Robert Edward Preston RAF POW Stalag Luft L4 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Robert William Sharpe RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant John Robert Smith RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Walter Keith Wright RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug.