576 Squadron's Avro Lancaster (#PD403) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Fiskerton on an air operation over Chemnitz, Germany. PD403 was lost near the target area, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
**RCAF Pilot Officer Robert William ABRAMS,
**RCAF Flight Sergeant Walter William DEWAR,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Desmond Hendry HADLOW,
RCAF Pilot Officer James Thomas MAGEE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Kenneth Reginald MARSTON
**RCAF Flying Officer Charles James ROUSE and
RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Harold TWIN.
[**Note-these three Canadian airmen were all from Saskatchewan.]
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/95424
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 576 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: 'Carpe Diem']; RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire
A farmer by trade, residing in Rockhaven, Saskatchewan, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 6 Sept 1943 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Son of Hubert James Abrams and Ella Mabel (nee Reid) Abrams of Rockhaven.
Pilot Officer Robert William Abrams is commemorated on Page 490 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And Pilot Officer Robert William Abrams is also commemorated on the Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial. Saskatchewan's Abrams Bay is named to honour the memory and service of Pilot Officer Robert William Abrams.
576 Squadron's Avro Lancaster (#PD403) bomber aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off from RAF Fiskerton on an air operation over Chemnitz, Germany. PD403 was lost near the target area, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
**RCAF Pilot Officer Robert William ABRAMS,
**RCAF Flight Sergeant Walter William DEWAR,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Desmond Hendry HADLOW,
RCAF Pilot Officer James Thomas MAGEE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Kenneth Reginald MARSTON
**RCAF Flying Officer Charles James ROUSE and
RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Harold TWIN.
[**Note-these three Canadian airmen were all from Saskatchewan.]
Military Service-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: J/95424
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 576 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: 'Carpe Diem']; RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire
A farmer by trade, residing in Rockhaven, Saskatchewan, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 6 Sept 1943 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Son of Hubert James Abrams and Ella Mabel (nee Reid) Abrams of Rockhaven.
Pilot Officer Robert William Abrams is commemorated on Page 490 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
And Pilot Officer Robert William Abrams is also commemorated on the Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial. Saskatchewan's Abrams Bay is named to honour the memory and service of Pilot Officer Robert William Abrams.
Inscription
1945
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
PILOT OFFICER
ABRAMS R. W.
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