Ainslie, Robin Alexander
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Robin Alexander |
Surname | Ainslie |
Gender | M |
Age | 32 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Maurice Alexander Ainslie and Rachel Ainslie. Husband of Dorothy Mary Ainslie, of Burnham-On-Sea, Somerset. B.A. Hons. (Cantab.). |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | Z8517 |
Markings | PH-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 16. G. 2. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 1 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 118891 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-09-1942 |
End Date | 07-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (13% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg |
Reason for Loss | Cause of loss not established |