Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 235
Andre, Robert Lewis (Flight Lieutenant)
Prisoner of War 1942-August-28
Birth Date: 1912-June-25
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Parents:
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAAF
Unit
103 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Noli Me Tangere Touch me not
Base
RAF Elsham Wolds
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
407923
PoW: 634
Target
Saarbrucken Germany
Andre Robert Lewis - Online Museum of Prisoners of WarCrew or Other Personnel
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
Halifax BB204 B.Mk.II - Bombing Saarbrucken Germany - 1942-08-28 to 1942-08-28
Squadron: 103 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-08-28
Completion Date: 1942-08-28
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Saarbrucken Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Elsham Wolds
Take Off Time: 20:04:00
Squadron Code: PM-
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Belgium
Crash Specifics: near Hastiere, Namur
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of Stab II/NJG4
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
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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