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Military service
Service number:
R/87296
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
207 Sqdn.
Birth:
November 20, 1920
Wynard, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
February 10, 1941
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
September 10, 1942
The North Sea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 103.
Additional information
Son of Haraldur B. and Elin Einarson. Twin brother of Flight Lieutenant Johann Walter, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson
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Photo of Harold Bjorn Einarson
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Runnymede Memorial
Excerpt of story on Airwar Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com used with permission.<P> Lancaster R5628 of 207 (RAF) Sqn. was on Gardening (mining) operation to Silverthorn.(Kattegat). On the return flight it was attacked by a German night fighter and crashed at 04:09 into the sea some 10 kilometres south west of Thyborøn killing all onboard. Pilot Sgt Harold B. Einarson and RAF Sgts. George H.A. Birch, Arthur F.C. Kensett and Norman F. Smethurst have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.<P> The bodies of W/Op-Air Gnr. P/O Donald W. Ross RCAF and RAF Sgts. Francis R. Carter and Llastair M. Cockie drifted ashore and they were laid to rest in Lemvig cemetery.<P> Sadly, his twin brother, F/L Johann Walter Einarson, D.F.C., D.F.M., pilot on #61 (RAF) Squadron, was killed in action February 25, 1944. -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson 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 -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Harold Bjorn Einarson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter of recommendation
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Letter
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Letter
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Letter
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Evaluation
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 71 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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