Devitt, Robert Francis
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert Francis |
Surname | Devitt |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 23-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alex C. Devitt and Annie H. Devitt, of Bearsden, Dunbartonshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EH941 |
Markings | LS-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 18. F. 19-22. |
Epitaph | OUR LADY, PORTAL OF THE SKY, PRAY FOR HIM "LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM" |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 155 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1369741 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John, Beck Row, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on rear external wall of Church |
Memorial Text | In remembrance of all who served at RAF Mildenhall and associated aerodromes in the cause of freedom, 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/66 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/65 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-09-1943 |
End Date | 24-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Mildenhall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (25% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim- to bomb the northern part of the city which had not sustained much damage in raids earlier this month. 628 aircraft and the now familiar five American B-17s. 32 aircraft Lost (5.1%). Target marking and bombing were accurate but some creepback took place, meaning that towards the end of the raid, bombs were falling in open countryside and into Ludwigshafen, causing significant damage to the I. G. Farben chemical plant. The neighbouring town of Frankenthal was completely burnt out. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Hassloch, W of Ludwigshafen, Germany |