In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Robert Wilfred Ernest Townsend

who died on 29 Jul 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 162 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R98669
  Date of death 19440729
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R98669 Flight Sergeant (No. 162 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron RCAF flight engineer) Robert Wilfred Ernest Townsend (b.1921) of Saskatoon was KIA 19440729 and is buried at Lerwick New cemetery, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Based in Iceland, his Canso crashed at Foula Island in bad weather on an anti-submarine patrol. He was the son of Robert Franklin and Mabelle Marie (Stockman) Townsend and was born at Saskatoon. Robert Jr. was educated at Princeton, Oxford Co., Ontario, and was studying aeronautics at Saskatoon when he enlisted there in 1941.
       A Glossary of abbreviations to help understand the terms used is available.
Images
  Please click here if you can share a photograph or document relating to this individual.
Additional information
  Links to other web pages Please contact us if you know of a web link about this casualty.
  Pages on our Blog Please click here if you would like to create a Blog page for this casualty.
Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location Lerwick New cemetery, Shetland Islands, Scotland    

Please click here to view the cemetery/memorial information on Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  Honour roll location(s) Tisdale
  Geo-memorial Townsend Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 52.4667°N / 101.7333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63C5
  Geo-memorial details East of Elbow Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19211217
  Place of birth Saskatoon    
  Date of enlistment 19410414
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
  Occupation student
Copyright Information
  The information above is Copyright © Saskatchewan War Memorial Project; all rights reserved. Permission is granted to use this information for personal use and for use in a school classroom environment only. For all other uses, please submit a request through the Contact Form.