DAMBUSTERS Urquhart, Robert Alexander

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Urquhart ​

• FORENAME

Robert Alexander ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.C.A.F. ​

• RANK

Flying Officer ​

• NUMBER

J/9763 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th May 1943 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 5.B.16-18 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada​

born 2.8.1919 Moose Jaw,Saskatchewan,Canada​

son of Alexander James and Susie Grace (nee Rollins) Urquhart,Moose Jaw,Saskatchewan,Canada​

apprentice jeweller,Moose Jaw​

moved to Vancouver 1939​

stock manager,Aristocratic Hamburger,Vancouver​

enlisted 9.1.1941 Vancouver,British Columbia​

commission​

50 Squadron 23.9.1942​

WIA 17.12.1942​

award DFC (20.7.1945,wef 18.5.1943)​

617 Squadron 25.3.1943​

navigator​

Lancaster ED937​

Op.Chastise (Eder Dam)​

hit by flak and crashed 0236 hours Netterden,Germany ​

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