Smyth, Robert
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Robert |
Surname | Smyth |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Husband of Joyce Smyth, of Bawtry, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | PD267 |
Markings | EM-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 11. C. 13. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM (Poem - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon) |
Ribbon Stone | 0026 (Block 1, Column 7, Row 4) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 99 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 993020 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 207 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of Flight PD267 12 Sept 1944 |
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Bottesford during WW2 |
Location | X, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed group of Memorial Stones with adjacent info board |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Spilsby and of 10 Sqn Armourers killed in an accident on 10th April 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Spilsby during WW2 |
Location | Stn Church, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Waddington between 1 November 1940 and 18th November 1941 |
Location | Harby Rd, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Langar during WW2 |
Location | St. Andrew's Church, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaque & Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and a memorial to the personnel of 207 Sqn RAF who were killed flying from RAF Langar during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
This aircraft, with the same crew, had been attacked by a Ju88 on the previous night's attack on Darmstadt, damaging a wing tip. The damage must have been light since the aircraft flew its last sortie the very next night. |
6 dead, 1 survivor (Flt Sgt Bernard William Stoner, Flight Engineer) taken POW, Stalag Luft VII no.818. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1236/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1236/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-09-1944 |
End Date | 13-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Spilsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (18% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart |
Reason for Loss | Shot down, crashing at Birkenstrasse 22, in the centre of Stuttgart. |