CAPTAIN: ROBERTSON
LANCASTER - JA958K
Crashed at Erlangen on 28th August 1943
CREW
Pilot: F/L Oliver Brook Robertson
Flight Engineer: Sgt W G Peel
Navigator: F/L Earl Grant Crockett
Bomb Aimer: W/O P Scott
W/Op: F/O James Clifford Frizzell
Mid-Upper Gunner: F/S Walter Ian Leslie Wilkes
Rear Gunner: F/S Warren St Clair Hebb
LANCASTER - JA958K
Crashed at Erlangen on 28th August 1943
CREW
Pilot: F/L Oliver Brook Robertson
Flight Engineer: Sgt W G Peel
Navigator: F/L Earl Grant Crockett
Bomb Aimer: W/O P Scott
W/Op: F/O James Clifford Frizzell
Mid-Upper Gunner: F/S Walter Ian Leslie Wilkes
Rear Gunner: F/S Warren St Clair Hebb
CREW: Oliver Brook Robertson, Sgt W G Peel, Earl Grant Crockett, P Scott, James Clifford Frizzell, Walter Ian Leslie Wilkes, Warren St Clair Hebb
DETAILS
Robertson, Crockett and Frizzell were described by the Adjutant, Hind, as 'three inseparable Canadians'. The rear-gunner, Hebb, was also Canadian.
From The ORB
27/28 August 1943 Nuremburg - Bomb Load 4 x TI, 1 x 4000lb, 2 x 1000lb, 1 x 500lb
JA958K F/L O.B.Robertson, Sgt W.G.Peel, F/L E.G.Crockett, W/O P.Scott, F/O J.C.Frizzell, F/Sgt W.Wilkes, F/Sgt W.St C.Hebb. Bomb load as S/L Sauvage. Up 2143 - aircraft and crew missing.
Extract from Bomber Command Losses
Lancaster III JA958 OF - K. Op Nuremberg. T/O 2143 Bourn. Crashed at Erlangen, where those who died were buried. Their remains have since been taken to Durnbach War Cemetery.
F/L O.B.Robertson DFC, RCAF(+), Sgt W.G.Peel(pow), F/L E.G.Crockett RCAF(+), W/O P.Scott(pow), F/O J.C.Frizzell RCAF(+), F/S W.I.L.Wilkes(+), F/S W.StC.Hebb RCAF(+).
Robertson, Crockett and Frizzell were described by the Adjutant, Hind, as 'three inseparable Canadians'. The rear-gunner, Hebb, was also Canadian.
From The ORB
27/28 August 1943 Nuremburg - Bomb Load 4 x TI, 1 x 4000lb, 2 x 1000lb, 1 x 500lb
JA958K F/L O.B.Robertson, Sgt W.G.Peel, F/L E.G.Crockett, W/O P.Scott, F/O J.C.Frizzell, F/Sgt W.Wilkes, F/Sgt W.St C.Hebb. Bomb load as S/L Sauvage. Up 2143 - aircraft and crew missing.
Extract from Bomber Command Losses
Lancaster III JA958 OF - K. Op Nuremberg. T/O 2143 Bourn. Crashed at Erlangen, where those who died were buried. Their remains have since been taken to Durnbach War Cemetery.
F/L O.B.Robertson DFC, RCAF(+), Sgt W.G.Peel(pow), F/L E.G.Crockett RCAF(+), W/O P.Scott(pow), F/O J.C.Frizzell RCAF(+), F/S W.I.L.Wilkes(+), F/S W.StC.Hebb RCAF(+).
The Pathfinder Year - 97 Squadron at Bourn
Left: Crocket, Right: Frizell
Below: The photo of the three Canadians together from which these portrait shots are taken
Below: The photo of the three Canadians together from which these portrait shots are taken
