Adair, Robert Simpson
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert Simpson |
Surname | Adair |
Gender | M |
Date of Death | 24-06-1941 |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax I |
Serial Number | L9492 |
Markings | MP- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 12. G. 11. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 980197 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Squadron Motto | Resolute |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Location | Roadside location (off E6), Fættenfjord, near Åsenfjord, Trøndelag Fylke |
Country | Norway |
Memorial Type | Inscribed memorial stone atopped with inert aerial sea mine and Tirpitz anchor chain link |
Memorial Text |
For Frihet Til minne om Allierte Flymannskaper fra RAF drept under angrep pa det tyske slagskipet Tirpitz i Fættenfjord 1942
Translation "For freedom In memory of the Allied Aircrews from the RAF who died in attacks on the German Battleship Tirpitz in the Fættenfjord 1942 " |
Miscellaneous Information
First Halifax loss on ops |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/7154 (P359990/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-06-1941 |
End Date | 24-06-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Kiel |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Oblt. Reinhold Eckardt, who shot down four British bombers that night. The Halifax crashed at Eilendorf, near Buxtehude, 20km SW of Hamburg in several pieces. The only survivor of the crew was Sgt. J.S. Lipton. |