Cosgrove, Robert James
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Robert James |
Surname | Cosgrove |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 14-04-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of The Hon. Robert Cosgrove, M.H.A., Premier of Tasmania, and Dame Gertrude Ann Cosgrove, D.B.E., of West Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden l |
Serial Number | L4065 |
Markings | VN- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 4. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 23 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 39456 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/485/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/485/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-04-1940 |
End Date | 14-04-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (33% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying sortie in the Great Belt area, Denmark |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have crashed in the sea off Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. |