McKerlay, Robert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert |
Surname | McKerlay |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-01-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Mary McKerlay, of Glasgow. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JA967 |
Markings | OL-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Aabenraaa Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Allied Mil. Plot. Row 4. Coll. grave 21. |
Epitaph | THE ONE WE LOVED WILL ALWAYS BE FOREVER IN OUR MEMORIES |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 71 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1820965 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/688/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-01-1944 |
End Date | 29-01-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (16% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Collided with 463 Sqn Lancaster HK537 JO-S & crashed Broballe Als |