Axton, Robert Henry
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Robert Henry |
Surname | Axton |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur David and Edith M. Axton, of Romford, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW441 |
Markings | C8-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Roye New British Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Row AB. Grave 7. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY OF BOB. HE WILL LIVE FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS. MUM AND DAD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 125 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 54664 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 640 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those of 640 Sqn who were killed during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2157/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-04-1944 |
End Date | 11-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (95% moon) |
Operation | Tergnier- to bomb railway yards. 157 Halifaxes and 10 PFF Mosquitoes. 10 Halifaxes were Lost Much damage was caused to the railway yards |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Eercheu in the Somme, France |