Sime, Robert Charles (Pilot Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-March-23

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RCAF

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514 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nil Obstare Potest Nothing can withstand

Base

RAF Waterbeach

Rank

Pilot Officer

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J/89472
PoW: 3841

Target
Google MapFrankfurt Germany

Took off from Waterbeach at 18:26 in Lancaster Mk II (Sqn code: JI-B2 Bomber Command) on an operation to Germany.

Crashed near Nieuw Dordrecht (Drenthe) 8 km SE of Emmen Holland.

Five of the seven man crew were killed in the crash: F.Sergeant John Bernard Underwood RAF KIA Emmen General Cemetery Sergeant Albert William Johnson RAF KIA Emmen General Cemetery Plot 9 Row B Joint Grave 24. Flying Officer Ivor John Frederick Rich RAF KIA Emmen General Cemetery Plot 9 Row B Grave 23. Sergeant Richard Jock Day RAF KIA Emmen General Cemetery Plot 9 Row B Grave 22. Sergeant Howell John RAF Emmen General Cemetery Plot 9 Row B Joint Grave 24.

POWs includes Sime: Flying Officer W D McPhee RCAF J/number POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang.