Oates, Robert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert |
Surname | Oates |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-02-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph and Annie Oates, of Withington, Manchester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | R1005 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Manchester Southern Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. I. R.C. Grave 1097. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 80 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 745949 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 20 OTU |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Rural location, Bogs O'Mayne, Morayshire, Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Mural & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Erected on the site of RAF Elgin (Bogs of Mayne) a satellite airfield for No 20 OTU Lossiemouth between 1940 and 1945. |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/5009 (P357166/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-02-1941 |
End Date | 04-02-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Lossiemouth |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- night cross-country exercise |
Reason for Loss | At around 2205, the crew returned to base. Permission to land had been granted. However, whilst flying the cross wind leg, the airfield controller ordered a red Verey cartridge be fired, as another aircraft was blocking the flight path. Observers on the ground watched the Wellington turn steeply to port, before plunging out of control, into the sea near the airfield |