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Military service
Service number:
J/23899
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
424 Sqdn.
Birth:
September 19, 1920
Death:
July 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave Row C. Grave 9-12.
Additional information
Son of Robert Earl Bannihr and Elsie Huston Bannihr, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Robert Huston Bannihr
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Photo of Robert Bannihr
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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 -
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
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Huston Bannihr
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Huston Bannihr
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Huston Bannihr
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Huston Bannihr
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Huston Bannihr
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Huston Bannihr
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Huston Bannihr
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Huston Bannihr
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Huston Bannihr
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 242 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. POL WAR CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
St.Pol-sur-Ternoise is a small town 34 kilometres west-north-west of Arras on the N.39 road to Hesden and Montreuil.
The ST.POL WAR CEMETERY is situated on high ground north of St.Pol some 275 metres north of the old communal cemetery. It is reached by a steep road on the northern side of the N.39 road from St.Pol to Arras.
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