Gourde Robert Russell

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Robert Russell Gourde is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

Name:

Robert Russell Gourde

Rank:

Flight Sergeant

Serial Number:

R/134921

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1943-04-28

State:

Washington

Cemetery:

Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England

Plot:

Panel 181

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Grave:

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Robert Russell Gourde was born on July 12, 1915, in Flaxville, Daniels County, Montana. He was the son of Arthur Joseph Gourde and Rosian Parent Gourde.

Robert served in the #419 Moose Squadron (Moosa Aswayita) of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flight Sergeant during World War II. He was declared Missing in Action on April 28, 1943, while laying mines in the Skaggerak Strait, Norway. His Halifax BII aircraft JB 929 VR-Q was shot down by night fighter pilot Lieutenant Werner Speidel of the 10/NJG 3. The bomber crashed at sea, 50 km northwest of Hj�rring, Nordjylland, Denmark.

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