Blatchford, Robert Charles Henry
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert Charles Henry |
Surname | Blatchford |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-05-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Henry and Lillian Peachey Blatchford, of Handsworth, Birmingham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | X3062 |
Markings | OL-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 39. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 10 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 633564 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/6349 (P358980/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/34 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/33 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-05-1941 |
End Date | 09-05-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (93% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by an intruder and Crashed in sea off Mablethorpe Lincs (X3062 Cr. 2330 Ufzz Koster, 1./NJG2) |