Switzer, Donald Alexander (Flight Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1941-August-19

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Ottawa, Ontario

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

52 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sudore Quam Sanguine By sweat and blood

Base

RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Service Numbers

R/54097
PoW: 164

Home
Google MapOttawa, Ontario
Target
Google MapCologne Germany

Took off 21:44 1941-08-18 from Dishforth. Hit by Flak fifteen minutes after leaving the target and crash-landed near Maastricht (Limburg) Holland.

One crew member was killed and the other four made POW: Sergeant William Birdsall James RAF KIA, burial location not stated. Sergeant Arthur George Lowe RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus Sergeant Charles Derek Roberts RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan & Belaria Sergeant Donald Alexander Switzer RCAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug Sergeant Harold Roy Janes RCAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug

Mission

Whitley V Z6566

Bombing Cologne Germany 1941-August-18 to 1941-August-19

51 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire

From Nation archives in Britain

Sergeant D A Switzer (RCAF), Sergeant W B James (RCAF), Sergeant C D Roberts, Sergeant A G Lowe, Sergeant H R Janes: prisoners of war; aircraft shot down and crashed near Cologne, Germany, Whitley Z6566, 51 Squadron, 19 August 1941