Webster, Squire Arbuthnott (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1942-August-28
Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Parents: Son of George Arbuthnott Webster and Louise Webster, of Northfield, Birmingham, England
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
103 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Noli Me Tangere Touch me not
Base
RAF Elsham Wolds
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner (Rear)
Service Numbers
1214223
Target
Saarbrucken Germany
Temporary Burial
Cemetery at Agimont, Belgium near crash site
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Halifax BB204
Mission
Halifax B.Mk.II BB204
Bombing Saarbrucken Germany 1942-August-28 to 1942-August-28
103 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Elsham Wolds
103 Squadron (Noll Me Tangere) RAF Elsham Wolds. Halifax Mk II aircraft BB 204 was coned by the searchlights of Flakschwere Regiment (motorized) 7 and then shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of Stab II/NJG4 during an operation against targets in Saarbrucken, Germany. The Halifax crashed near Hastiere, Namur, Belgium
Warrant Officer 1st Class Robert Lloyd Telfer (RCAF), Pilot Officer Ronald Albert Bingham (RAFVR), Sergeant John Patch (RAFVR) and Sergeant Squire Arbuthnott Webster (RAFVR) were killed in action
Flight Lieutenant Robert Lewis Andre (RAAF), Sergeant Herbert O'Neill (RAAF) and Sergeant Robert Thomas Lewthwaite (RAFVR) survived to be taken as Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive, The Early Years Part 3, 30 May - 31 December 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 84
Royal Air Force Serial and Image DatabaseHalifax BB204 B.Mk.II - Bombing Saarbrucken Germany - 1942-08-28 to 1942-08-28
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103 Squadron (Noll Me Tangere) RAF Elsham Wolds. Halifax Mk II aircraft BB 204 was coned by the searchlights of Flakschwere Regiment (motorized) 7 and then shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of Stab II/NJG4 during an operation against targets in Saarbrucken, Germany. The Halifax crashed near Hastiere, Namur, Belgium
Warrant Officer 1st Class Robert Lloyd Telfer (RCAF), Pilot Officer Ronald Albert Bingham (RAFVR), Sergeant John Patch (RAFVR) and Sergeant Squire Arbuthnott Webster (RAFVR) were killed in action
Flight Lieutenant Robert Lewis Andre (RAAF), Sergeant Herbert O'Neill (RAAF) and Sergeant Robert Thomas Lewthwaite (RAFVR) survived to be taken as Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive, The Early Years Part 3, 30 May - 31 December 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 84