99 RAF Squadron's Vickers Wellington (#T2984) LN-B aircraft, crewed by six airmen, took flight from RAF Waterbeach, in Cambridgeshire, on a bombing operation over Essen, Germany. The Wellington is believed to have been shot down over enemy-held territory, crashing near Molenbeersel in Belgium. Three members of the aircrew survived the crash, but were taken PoW; the other three aircrew perished in the crash.
The casualties of the crash were-
RCAF Sergeant Francis John DAY,
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Robert Leslie DUNN and
RAFVR Sergeant Spencer Ronald MAYOR.
One of the captured PoW airmen, RCAF Sergeant Harry Malcolm ROBERTSON, died on 30 April 1942, after he was shot while trying to escape from a German prison camp at Weimar.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/63605
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 99 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: Quisque tenax ('Each tenacious')]
A farmer by trade, residing in Tara, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 9 May 1940 in London, Ontario.
Son of George Albert and Sarah May (née Campbell) Robertson of Tara.
Sergeant Harry Malcolm Robertson is commemorated on Page 110 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
99 RAF Squadron's Vickers Wellington (#T2984) LN-B aircraft, crewed by six airmen, took flight from RAF Waterbeach, in Cambridgeshire, on a bombing operation over Essen, Germany. The Wellington is believed to have been shot down over enemy-held territory, crashing near Molenbeersel in Belgium. Three members of the aircrew survived the crash, but were taken PoW; the other three aircrew perished in the crash.
The casualties of the crash were-
RCAF Sergeant Francis John DAY,
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Robert Leslie DUNN and
RAFVR Sergeant Spencer Ronald MAYOR.
One of the captured PoW airmen, RCAF Sergeant Harry Malcolm ROBERTSON, died on 30 April 1942, after he was shot while trying to escape from a German prison camp at Weimar.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/63605
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 99 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: Quisque tenax ('Each tenacious')]
A farmer by trade, residing in Tara, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 9 May 1940 in London, Ontario.
Son of George Albert and Sarah May (née Campbell) Robertson of Tara.
Sergeant Harry Malcolm Robertson is commemorated on Page 110 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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