Pearce, Robert Charles
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Robert Charles |
Surname | Pearce |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles and Ellen Romaine Pearce, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Jean France Pearce, of Toronto. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IV |
Serial Number | Z1487 |
Markings | QT-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Noirmoutier-En-L'Ile Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 1. Grave 13. |
Epitaph | I AM THE RESURRECTION, AND THE LIFE" ST. JOHN XI:25 |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 83 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/80774 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 142 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/973/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/973/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-08-1942 |
End Date | 05-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Grimsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (40% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying |
Reason for Loss | Crashed off the island of Noirmoutin close to the entrance to the Loire estuary |