In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Harold Bjorn Einarson

who died on 10 Sep 1942

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R87296
  Date of death 19420910
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R87296 Flight Sergeant (No. 207 Squadron RAF pilot) Harold Bjorn Einarson (b.1920) was KIA 19420910, and J17276 Flight Lieutenant (No. 61 Squadron RAF pilot) (Johann) Walter Einarson DFM DFC who was KIA 19440225 were twin brothers from Wynyard.

Harold perished over Denmark early in the war, his Lancaster took off from RAF Station Syerston and was never heard from again. Walter's career lasted longer and he was awarded DFM and DFC, the latter for successfully piloting his damaged Lancaster back to England in late 1943. His luck ran out over Augsberg and he is buried at Choloy war cemetery, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. Harold is among those commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen from the north European theatre who died with no known grave. Both boys spent two yeas in the college of agriculture. Harold was working as a garage helper, Walter worked at the experimental farm at Indian Head for a year before the two travelled to Saskatoon to enlist together early in 1941.

They were the sons of Haraldur Bjorn and Elin (Jackson) Einarson who were born in North Dakota and Iceland respectively. They homesteaded NW28-32-12-W2 in the Kristnes district northwest of Foam Lake, later moving to a farm near Wynyard.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 308 - Big Quill
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Wynyard
  Geo-memorial Einarson Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.35°N / 106.1°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74G8
  Geo-memorial details Southeast of Cree Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19201120
  Place of birth Kristnes    
  Date of enlistment 19410210
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Wynyard    
  Occupation garageman
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