Brathwaite, Robert George Ashley
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert George Ashley |
Surname | Brathwaite |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-06-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold Ashley Brathwaite and Agnes Maud Brathwaite, of Killara, New South Wales, Australia. Ll.B. (Sydney), Barrister. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | T2723 |
Markings | ZT-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Terschelling (West-Terschelling) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 47. |
Epitaph | BELOVED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 12 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 403312 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 20 OTU |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Snaith Memorial Gardens, Pollington, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Monument, Bench & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In memory of the airmen of R.A.F. 51 Sqn. (687) and 150 Sqn. (205) between 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Rural location, Bogs O'Mayne, Morayshire, Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Mural & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Erected on the site of RAF Elgin (Bogs of Mayne) a satellite airfield for No 20 OTU Lossiemouth between 1940 and 1945. |
Miscellaneous Information
Barrister |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-06-1942 |
End Date | 26-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Snaith |
Day/Night Raid | Night (90% moon) |
Operation | Bremen |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft shot down into the sea off Terschelling by Oberleutnant Zur Lippe-Weissenfeld. |