Ashwell, Robert Hugh
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert Hugh |
Surname | Ashwell |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 27-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Ernest and Margaret Winifred Ashwell, of Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3988 |
Markings | PH-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 30. B. 14. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS (Bible - John 15:13) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 3 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1214846 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
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 27/166/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-08-1942 |
End Date | 28-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (96% moon) |
Operation | Kassel |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in the vicinity of Gladbeck in the NW fringes of the Ruhr. |