Bisset, Robert Clare
Personal Information
Rank | S/L |
Forename(s) | Robert Clare |
Surname | Bisset |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | DFC* |
Date of Death | 30-11-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Athelstan and Winnogene E. Bisset, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Husband of Marie Bisset, of Edmonton. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | W5476 |
Markings | LQ-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 28. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 131 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 39778 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Miscellaneous Information
A very experienced Canadian pilot serving in the RAF pilot who had been engaged on ops since the outbreak of war |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11-1941 |
End Date | 01-12-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (93% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Last heard on w/t about an hour after take-off indicating return to base. Presumed lost over the sea |