Day, Robert Ogilvie
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Robert Ogilvie |
Surname | Day |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | DFC, MiD |
Date of Death | 24-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred Henry and Margaret Louise Day, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XXV |
Serial Number | KB367 |
Markings | XD-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heesch RC Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 2. |
Epitaph | FROM SOUTH AFRICA HE CAME, NEVER TO RETURN. SLEEP ON, DEAR "BOB," TILL WE MEET AGAIN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 154 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 42559 |
Service | Royal Air Force (RAFO) |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 139 (Jamaica) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | South Africa |
Other Memorials
Location | On Grass Verge, Ramsey Rd, Upwood, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | From RAF Upwood, crews from 139 and 156 Sqns, No 8 Pathfinder Group marked targets for Bomber Command |
Miscellaneous Information
Had logged at least 82 operational sorties |
Mentioned in Despatches September 1941 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/961/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/961/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-03-1945 |
End Date | 24-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Upwood |
Day/Night Raid | Night (81% moon) |
Operation | Berlin. 65 Mosquitoes, 2 lost |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Heesch on the outskirts of Oss, Holland |