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ACRES RJ
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ACRES, Robert

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number LM587
Markings JO-L
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Wissant Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference Coll. grave 3..
Epitaph HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED R.I.P.
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 1
Enlistment information
Service Number 427787
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Group 5
Squadron 463 (Australian)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different Australia
Last Operation information
Start Date 26-09-1944
End Date 26-09-1944
Takeoff Station Waddington
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Cap Griz Nez
Reason for Loss Shot down during an attack on one of the last points holding out on the French coast. Crashed near Wissant alongside the Calais-Boulogne road