Hay, Robert Claude

Personal Information

Rank F/L
Forename(s) Robert Claude
Surname Hay
Gender M
Age 30
Decorations DFC*
Date of Death 13-02-1944
Next of Kin Son of John Robert Clare Hay and Margaret Kate Hay. Husband of Honoria Edna Millicent Hay, of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
HAY RC

Aircraft Information

Aircraft Avro Lancaster I
Serial Number DV402
Markings AJ-P

Memorial Information

Burial/Memorial Country Italy
Burial/Memorial Place Cagliari (St. Michele) Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference I. B. 5.
Epitaph TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN

IBCC Memorial Information

Phase 1
Panel Number 47

Enlistment Information

Service Number 407074
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Group 5
Squadron 617
Squadron Motto Apres moi, le deluge (After me the flood)
Trade Air Bomber
Country of Origin Australia

Other Memorials

Location Thorpe Camp, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Stone Memorial with Inscribed Lettering and Sqn Badges
Memorial Text A memorial to those who flew from RAF Woodhall Spa during WW2, including 619 Sqn
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Location St. John the Baptist Church, Bamford, Derbyshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Framed painting and Framed inscribed Scroll
Memorial Text A painting given to Bamford Church by 617 Sqn RAF
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Location South Tower, Ladybower Dam, Derbyshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque
Memorial Text Commemorating the raid on the Rhur Dams by 617 Sqn RAF in May 1943
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Location Adjacent to South Tower, Ladybower Dam, Derbyshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Information Board
Memorial Text An information board detailing the raid on the Rhur Dams by 617 Sqn RAF in May 1943
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Location St. Vincents Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Stone Memorial & Metal Plaque
Memorial Text Commemorating the HQ of 5Gp Bomber Command 1937-1945 where the Rhur Dams raid by 617 Sqn RAF was controlled from
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Location Thorpe Camp Museum, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Stone Memorial and inscribed Sqn Badges
Memorial Text In memory of all who served at RAF Woodhall Spa 1941 - 1945
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Location Jubilee Gardens, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Stone Memorial and inscribed slate tablets
Memorial Text A memorial to the members of 617 Sqn RAF who gave their lives during WW2
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Location Jubilee Gardens, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Marble Memorial
Memorial Text A memorial to the members of 617 Sqn RAF who have given their lives since 1945
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Location Eyebrook Reservoir, Caldecott, Rutland
Country United Kingdom
Memorial Type Inscribed Metal Plaque
Memorial Text Commemorating 617 Sqn RAF which practiced here before the Rhur Dams raid in May 1943
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Miscellaneous Information

S/L Micky Martin's crew returned safely except for the bomb aimer, who was killed

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Last Operation Information

Start Date 13-02-1944
End Date 13-02-1944
Takeoff Station Woodhall Spa
Day/Night Raid Day
Operation Antheor Railway Viaduct
Reason for Loss Killed by gun fire from the bridge
 
 
 
 

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CPs were originally given a unique reference number by the RAF. Each begins with the letter ‘P’ and is followed by six digits, then an oblique (forward slash) and the finally the year in which the incident took place- for example P396154/42.

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Once CPs arrive at National Archives they are assigned a unique AIR81 number, so each CP has both a P-number and an AIR81 number. Both are searchable on the National Archives website under ‘Search the catalogue’ and both are included on the IBCC website.

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