Weight, Robert Ernest
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Robert Ernest |
Surname | Weight |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest George Weight and Elizabeth Ada Weight (née Ennis), of Mount Drive, North Harrow, Middlesex. Husband of Jean Alice C. Weight (née Williams), whom he married at Hendon in 1942. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ED754 |
Markings | OF-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. G. 11. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 113 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 119155 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Thorpe Camp, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Lettering and Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Woodhall Spa during WW2, including 619 Sqn |
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 11 August 1920, Basford, Nottinghamshire. Robert had been a Printer's Compositor Apprentice. |
His body washed ashore at Port du Bile on 25 April 1943. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-03-1943 |
End Date | 29-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Woodhall Spa |
Day/Night Raid | Night (51% moon) |
Operation | St. Nazaire |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into the sea near Piriac, close to the target area. The aircraft was coned by searchlights, hit by flak from several flak batteries. |