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110908 Sergeant Robert Noel Harper RAF Volunteer Reserve flt eng 50 Squadron (d.8th Jul 1944) Robert Noel Harper was the Flight Engineer of Lancaster VN-J of 50 Sqd. This young man, aged most likely 19 years old, was killed when their Lancaster crashed on the night of July 7, 1944 with 5 of the crew. The pilot, Alan Laidlaw from Winnipeg, Manitoba was ejected from their Lancaster plane. Robert Harper is burried in France, a small village called Meslin Mauger, near Roen. Their plane was one of 31 planes shot down by the German on that night. 208 Lancasters were sent, 13 mosquitos were sent to bomb at St. Lue d'Esserent the V-1 flying bomb storage depot. This fourth attack was part of the Operation Crossbow. It was a great victory. Does anyone know anything about this young man? The crew were: P/O A.F.Laidlaw RCAF Sgt R.N.Harper F/S F.R.Hopkins RCAF WO2 S.A.Motriuk RCAF Sgt D.Austin WO2 J.D.Bishop RCAF Sgt P.O.K.Noren RCAF Danielle Lawrence for Alain Laidlaw now 86 years old. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**