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Flying Officer Max Shvemar

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Flying Officer Max Shvemar Veteran

Birth
Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
25 Jun 1943 (aged 27)
Rozenburg, Rotterdam Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Burial
Rotterdam, Rotterdam Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
Plot LL. Row 1. Grave 45.
Memorial ID
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Max Shvemar, son of Mr. & Mrs. B Shvemar from Montreal, Quebec.. Max was served with the RCAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Halifax DK135 427 Squadron crashed Rozenburg polder, Zuid-Holland .....

Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Wilhelm Johnen of the 5./NJG 5 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.

Target: Wuppertal, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:07
Crew:
Pilot F/O. L.W. Somers J/8219 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 19 E 12
Flight engineer Sgt. W.G. Arthur 1371842 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 46
Navigator P/O. M. Shvemar J/22206 RCAF Rotterdam LL 1 45
Bomb aimer P/O. V.M. White J/22537 RCAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. L.A. Bone 1027401 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. F.C. Ashby 1313797 RAF Runnymede Memorial 140
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.H. Walton R/137620 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 19 E 13
Max Shvemar, son of Mr. & Mrs. B Shvemar from Montreal, Quebec.. Max was served with the RCAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Halifax DK135 427 Squadron crashed Rozenburg polder, Zuid-Holland .....

Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Wilhelm Johnen of the 5./NJG 5 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.

Target: Wuppertal, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:07
Crew:
Pilot F/O. L.W. Somers J/8219 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 19 E 12
Flight engineer Sgt. W.G. Arthur 1371842 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 46
Navigator P/O. M. Shvemar J/22206 RCAF Rotterdam LL 1 45
Bomb aimer P/O. V.M. White J/22537 RCAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. L.A. Bone 1027401 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. F.C. Ashby 1313797 RAF Runnymede Memorial 140
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.H. Walton R/137620 RCAF Groesbeek RCAF 19 E 13

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