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F/S. Ross Walter Cuthbert

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F/S. Ross Walter Cuthbert

Birth
Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand
Death
5 Oct 1944 (aged 20)
Wolsfeld, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Burial
Rheinberg, Kreis Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Add to Map
Plot
8. G. 2.
Memorial ID
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Service Number ~ NZ 424059
Military Base ~ Witchford, Cambs
Unit ~ RAF 115 Squadron
Command ~ Bomber Cmnd
Ship ~ Lancaster I PD344
Occupation ~ Air Bomber
Casualty ~ Killed in action
Residence Place ~ Cambridge, Auckland, NZ
Flight Sergeant Cuthbert lost his life along with all other crew and the Pilot when Lancaster PD344 Collided With Lancaster ND904 of 75 Sqn At Wolsfeld 5 Miles Southwest of Bitburg During A Raid on Saarbrucken

He was the Son of Walter Henry and Nora Augusta Cuthbert (nee Shanaghan) of Cambridge, Auckland, NZ

Other Crew and Pilot
Sergeant: Arthur William BLAKE (1263138) Air Gunner Lancaster PD344
Flight Sergeant: Maurice William BLOCKLEY (1582340) Navigator
Sergeant: Cecil Albert COE (1507583) Air Gunner
Flight Sergeant: Ross Walter CUTHBERT (424059) Air Bomber
Flight Sergeant: Kenneth Michael HENDERSON (1092311) Pilot
Sergeant: Albert HORRIDGE (2211444) Flight Engineer
Flight Sergeant: Frank Stuart Burdett SCOUGALL (423485)
Service Number ~ NZ 424059
Military Base ~ Witchford, Cambs
Unit ~ RAF 115 Squadron
Command ~ Bomber Cmnd
Ship ~ Lancaster I PD344
Occupation ~ Air Bomber
Casualty ~ Killed in action
Residence Place ~ Cambridge, Auckland, NZ
Flight Sergeant Cuthbert lost his life along with all other crew and the Pilot when Lancaster PD344 Collided With Lancaster ND904 of 75 Sqn At Wolsfeld 5 Miles Southwest of Bitburg During A Raid on Saarbrucken

He was the Son of Walter Henry and Nora Augusta Cuthbert (nee Shanaghan) of Cambridge, Auckland, NZ

Other Crew and Pilot
Sergeant: Arthur William BLAKE (1263138) Air Gunner Lancaster PD344
Flight Sergeant: Maurice William BLOCKLEY (1582340) Navigator
Sergeant: Cecil Albert COE (1507583) Air Gunner
Flight Sergeant: Ross Walter CUTHBERT (424059) Air Bomber
Flight Sergeant: Kenneth Michael HENDERSON (1092311) Pilot
Sergeant: Albert HORRIDGE (2211444) Flight Engineer
Flight Sergeant: Frank Stuart Burdett SCOUGALL (423485)

Inscription

424059 Flight Sergeant, R.W. Cuthbert, Air Bomber
Royal N.Z. Air Force, 5th October 1944, Age 20



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