Robson, Harry Wood
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Harry Wood |
Surname | Robson |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-04-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Wood Robson, and of Isabella Ann Robson, of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | P1173 |
Markings | KM- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Frederikshavn Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Allied Plot. grave 21. |
Epitaph | SO ENDED HIS BRIEF, GLORIOUS DAY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 91 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 39759 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 44 (Rhodesia) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Chad's Church, Dunholme, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. who served at R.A.F. Dunholme Lodge May 1943 - Sept. 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served R.A.F. Spilsby in 44 (Rhodesia) Sqd. Sept 1944 - July 1945 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Pillar |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served with 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. "We will remember them" |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/447/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/447/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-04-1940 |
End Date | 12-04-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | To attack enemy shipping reported in Kristiansand Harbour. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down in the sea by Me109s during an attack on shipping near Stavanger |