Oscar Jacob Albrecht

1905 - 1944  (~ 39 years)

• Name	Oscar Jacob Albrecht
  Born	Feb 1905	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW2  [2]
  	Pilot Officer O. J. Albrecht served in the RCAF during the Second World War; he was one of six airmen who perished in an aircraft crash in Switzerland on 28 April 1944.
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1931	526 Roxton Rd, Toronto, Ontario
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-178020
  Died	28 Apr 1944	Wahlkreis Toggenburg, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland   [2]
  Buried	Vevey (St. Martin's) Cemetery, Vevey, , , Switzerland   [2]
  Person ID	I178020	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Louis Balthaser Albrecht,   b. 4 Nov 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Aug 1931, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Susanna Scharlach,   b. 30 Aug 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Sep 1929, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Married	30 Aug 1892	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F10151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julia Elizabeth O'Connor
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F7558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Oscar Jacob Albrecht From FindAGrave submitted by Shirley Hearn

  
  

• Notes

  Eight air crew members of 166 Squadron were on board Avro Lancaster (#LL750) bomber when it took flight from its base at RAF Station Ludford Magna in Lincolnshire; the Lancaster was one of 323 'Lancs' and 1 Mosquito aircraft which had set out on a night operation over Friedrichshaven in Germany. A German night fighter attacked the Lancaster, shooting it down and causing it to burn and crash on a hillside near Gräppelensee (Lake Gräppelen) in the Swiss Alps; six airmen perished in the crash and two others survived (POW). The casualties of this incident were:- RCAF Pilot Officer Oscar Jacob ALBRECHT, RAFVR Sergeant William Gowland ANDERSON, RAFVR Sergeant Francis Henry BATHMAKER, RAFVR Flying Officer John Raymond BURTON, RAF Warrant Officer Bertram Bernard NOBLE and RAF Sergeant Maurice George SMITH. Oscar Jacob Albrecht (1905 - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91707855

  
  

• Sources

  [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 26 Pg 16. [S3231] Find A Grave, Oscar Jacob Albrecht (1905 - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91707855. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 12259-92. Louis B. Albrecht, 22, occ. Shoemaker, b. Canada, res. Detroit, son of John and Henrietta Herz Albrecht, Married Elizabeth Scharlach, 23, b. Canada, res. Berlin, daughter of George Scharlach and Susanna Bucher, Witn: August Wolfenberg, Margaret Krueger, Gustave Albrecht, And Susanna Scharlach, All of Berlin, 30 Aug 1892 at Berlin

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Feb 1905 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1931 - 526 Roxton Rd, Toronto, Ontario Buried - - Vevey (St. Martin's) Cemetery, Vevey, , , Switzerland  = Link to Google Earth