Sponsler Harry

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Harry Sponsler is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Harry Sponsler Cenotaph

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

Name:

Harry Sponsler

Rank:

Warrant Officer Second Class

Serial Number:

R/122267

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1943-05-30

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

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

Plot:

Panel 180

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

Harry Sponsler was the son of Clarence and Emmaline Sponsler, of White Hall, Illinois. He served in the #149 East India Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Warrant Officer Second Class during World War II. He was declared Missing in Action on May 30, 1943, when his Stirling aircraft # BF 507, which took off at 23h02 from RAF Lakenheath, was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Dormagen on the W bank of the Rhine midway between Neuss and Cologne. WO2 Sponsler's body was never found.