Robertson, W (Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1943-October-09

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Home: Ottawa, Ontario

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

78 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nemo Non Paratus Nobody unprepared

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Rank

Sergeant

Position

Rear Gunner

Service Numbers

R/180891
PoW: 259903

Home
Google MapOttawa, Ontario
Target
Google MapHannover Germany

Took off from Breighton at 22:35 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code: EY-K Bomber Command) on an operation to Hamburg Germany.

Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Prinzenmoor, Schleswig-Holstein Germany

Killed: Sergeant Leonard Harrett RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 17. G. 9. Sergeant Frederick Madden RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 17. G. 10. Sergeant John Peter Todd RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 17. G. 8. Sergeant William Voss RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 17. G. 7.

POWs includes Robertson: Sergeant John Edward Swindin RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Charles Adrien Walsh RAF POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe).