Cordall, Robert Oswald
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Robert Oswald |
Surname | Cordall |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-07-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas P. and Annie Cordall, of Endon, Staffordshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3475 |
Markings | WS- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 14. F. 7. |
Epitaph | SERVED HIS DAY AND GENERATION AND WAS CALLED TO REST FROM DUTY WELL DONE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 23 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 108833 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 9 (IX) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, Propeller and Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the killed or missing of IX Sqd. 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/126/37 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/126/36 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-07-1942 |
End Date | 29-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Honington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (98% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Believed shot down by Flak and crashed at Neugraben, S of the Elbe and in the NW suburbs of Hamburg. |