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JACKSON, Robert

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster lll
Serial Number ED440
Markings EA-L
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen
Grave Reference 18. D. 2..
Epitaph GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS (John 15:13)
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 54
Enlistment information
Service Number 85250
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 5
Squadron 49
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 02-02-1943
End Date 03-02-1943
Takeoff Station Fiskerton
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Köln
Reason for Loss Aircraft took off from Fiskerton at 1851 hrs detailed to attack targets in Koln. Reportedly shot down by a night fighter the aircraft crashing between Kessel and Helden (Limburg). Claimed by Maj Werner Streib of Stab1/NJG1 Kessel and Venlo area at 2113 hrs. Crew initially buried in Venlo Military Cemetery, reinterred on 22 October 1947.