DAMBUSTERS Taerum, Torger Harlo (Terry)

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  • SURNAME
Taerum
  • FORENAME
Torger Harlo (Terry)
  • UNIT
617 Squadron,R.C.A.F.
  • RANK
Flight Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
J/16688
  • DATE OF DEATH
16th September 1943
  • AGE
22
  • GRAVESITE
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 16.B.13-16
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 22.5.1920 Milo,Alberta,Canada
son of Guttorm Tonger and Hilda Ingeline Olson Taerum,Calgary,Alberta,Canada
brother of Lorne Clifford Taerum,died 3.2.1945 age 18 as R/278581 Flight Sgt air gunner with 550 (RAF) Squadron,RCAF
RCAF 1941
ITS 27.1.1941
BLG 7.6.1941
1 AOS 27.4.1941
1 B&GS 1941
AANS,Rivers,Manitoba 7.7.1941
arrived Prestwick,Scotland (navigating a Hudson)
50 Squadron March 1942
1654 CU 24.2.1943
Flight Sgt April 1943
617 Squadron 3.4.1943
Pilot Officer 24.6.1943
award DFC (28.5.1943)(Dams raid)
A/Flight Lt September 1943
navigator
Lancaster EE144
Ladbergen (Dortmund-Ems Kanal)
hit by flak and crashed Altendorf,Germany
 
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