Robb, John William
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | John William |
Surname | Robb |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ch. Engr. Offr. John William Robb, D.S.C., Merchant Navy (Died At Sea 29Th November, 1943), and of Isabella Lindsay Robb, of Glasgow. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3785 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | New Kilpatrick (Or Hillfoot) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. G. Grave 150. |
Epitaph | ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF HIS FATHER J.W. ROBB, DSC. MERCHANT NAVY, DIED AT SEA 29.11.1943 AGE 52 |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 90 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 116074 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 93 |
Squadron | 27 OTU |
Trade | 2nd pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Hall, Fradley, Staffordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Stencilled Composite Panels |
Memorial Text | This memorial is a tribute to all those both military and civil who came from many countries to serve at RAF Lichfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-05-1943 |
End Date | 15-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lichfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (74% moon) |
Operation | Night cross country |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off at 2241hrs on a night cross-country combined with a Bull's-eye operation (indicative of operational sortie with a dedicated target for the cross-country exercise). At 0234hrs the wireless operator Sgt Lee sent a brief standby message signal but before the main message could be transmitted the aircraft dived vertically into the ground narrowly missing an isolated farmhouse, 1 mile N of Lake Vyrnwy in Montgomeryshire. |