Armstrong, Robert
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Robert |
Surname | Armstrong |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of James Hepple Armstrong and Mary Armstrong, of Greenhead, Cumberland. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4824 |
Markings | VN-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Pontoise (Val d'Oise) Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row A. Coll. grave 3-6. |
Epitaph | NOT LOST BUT SAFE IN CHRIST |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 3 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1135120 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/488/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/488/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-08-1944 |
End Date | 06-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Bois de Cassan V1/V2 sites |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by flak during an attack on a V1 storage site, the Lancaster crashed at Potois |