Siewert, Robert Lloyd
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Robert Lloyd |
Surname | Siewert |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Reinhold Siewert and Cornelia (shown as Cora) Siewert (née King), of Stirling, Alberta, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax VII |
Serial Number | NP746 |
Markings | EQ-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 3. G. 24. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 241 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/93945 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 408 (Goose) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial and inscribed slate tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 408 (Goose) and 426 (Thunderbird) Squadrons of R.C.A.F |
Miscellaneous Information
Robert was born at Stirling, Alberta on 20 August 1922. His father was a farmer and born at Gnazen, Germany and his mother was born at Salt Lake, USA. He had. two brothers, David and George as well as three sisters Anna, Grace and Sylvia. The schools he attended were Stirling 1928-1934 and Wrentham 1934-1940 (Alberta). The sports he took part in were basketball and baseball. Robert’s occupation was farming, 1939-1942 when he enlisted on 7 November 1942. |
After enlisting and early training he was posted to the U.K. and embarked from Halifax, on 30 March 1944, arriving at 3 RCAF(PRC) on 8 April 1944. He then continued to 21 OTU on 9 May 1944, 61 Base 2 August 1944, 1666 CU 5 August 1944 and 408 Squadron on 19 September 1944. Sadly Robert was then to lose his life on 29 January 1945. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-01-1945 |
End Date | 29-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 602 aircraft, 11 losses (1.8%). A two-part raid with 3 hours between each. The first wave of 226 aircraft attacked railways yards at Kornwestheim. The second wave attacked Zuffenhausen which contained the Hirth engine factory. Sky-markers were used due to complete cloud cover and bombing was somewhat scattered. The Bosch factory was hit as a result of the Kornwestheim attack and it is said that the local people felt they had been bombed by mistake. Interestingly, dummy sky-makers were used in the defence of the city- small ground launched rockets. This was the last of 53 major raids on the city, which had endured a 63% destruction of its building stock and the loss of 4562 lives which was much lower than might have been the case had the air-raid defences been built into the sides of the hills. |
Reason for Loss |