Roberts, Maurice Luther
Personal Information
Rank | WO2 |
Forename(s) | Maurice Luther |
Surname | Roberts |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-11-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Philip C. and Anna B. Roberts, of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | R5673 |
Markings | OL-L |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 102. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 90 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/87325 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Roberts Bay, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Bay |
Memorial Text |
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 27/686/70 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/69 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-11-1942 |
End Date | 07-11-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (4% moon) |
Operation | Genoa |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off at 2205hrs. Lost without trace. Another report states that R5673 collided with R5566, another 83 Squadron, over the target however there is no provenance to this report, as R5566 according to squadron crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. |