Cryer, Robert Pickering
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Robert Pickering |
Surname | Cryer |
Gender | M |
Age | 33 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 21-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick and Mary Jane Cryer. Husband of Nellie Cryer, of Boothtown, Halifax, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED818 |
Markings | PH-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Nyborg New Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave G5. |
Epitaph | THOSE WHO KNEW HIM LOVED HIM WELL AND THOSE WHO LOVED HIM FOUND HIM TRUE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 25 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 143859 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
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
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-04-1943 |
End Date | 21-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Stettin |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed 0228 into the Storebaelt off Vresen. |