Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Flying Officer Robert Huston Bannihr is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flying Officer Robert Huston Bannihr is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Id Card – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ROBERT HUSTON BANNIHR – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ROBERT HUSTON BANNIHR – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ROBERT HUSTON BANNIHR – Robert served in the US Navy before joining the RCAF. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Ministerial Card – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of Robert Huston Bannihr – Members of Bannihr crew

Photo of Robert Bannihr

Group Photo – Bob Bannihr and crew flew on the 5th of June and on the 6th of June (D-Day). This photo would be after one of those flights. Left to Right: unknown, F/O Robert Bannihr (pilot), F/O J H Morrison (bomb aimer, member of Bannihr's crew). Cropped photos appeared in Newspapers (probably - Toronto newspapers) One article showing only RH Bannihr had caption "Toronto Airmen Invasion Bombers .. resting after the trip made on the night preceeding D-Day with the Tiger Squadron is F.O. Bob Bannihr .. " Seprate article showing Bannihr and Morrison had caption " Hand in Invasion ... resting after their trip - probably the most important they will ever make as airmen - two members of the R.C.A.F Bomber Groups 'Tiger' Squadron await interrogation. They are left to fight Flying Officer Bob Bannihr, Toronto; Flying Officer J H Morrison ... Halifax"

Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me