Robert Albert Shannon
Flying Officer · J/18167 · Canadian
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 21
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Rear gunner, LV898 ZL-D — Failed to return -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 21
Crew & operations
Flew as Rear gunner with No. 427 Squadron (Lion).
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft LV898 ZL-D (Handley Page Halifax) — Failed to return
Crew: Franklin Roy Zulauf (Bomb aimer) · Vincent Sydney Holloway (Flight engineer) · William Churchill Hall (Mid-upper gunner) · Robert John White (Navigator) · Jack Montgomery Bissett (Pilot) · Kenneth Frank Shoener (Second pilot) · Joseph Jacques H. Guy Leclaire (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: SHANNON, ROBERT ALBERT → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission