Acres, Robert Joseph
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Robert Joseph |
Surname | Acres |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Date of Death | 26-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Francis Joseph and Nellie Sylvia Acres, of Leederville, Western Australia. |
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) |
Squadron Motto | Press on regardless |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | SHQ, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | External Clock, Internal Inscribed Brass Plaque |
Memorial Text | A commemorative clock in memory of the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Bar Lane, Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Clock & inscribed Wooden Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial clock to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served with Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1922/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1922/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
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 |