Duncanson, Robert Hay
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Robert Hay |
Surname | Duncanson |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 19-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Hunter Duncanson and Margaret Gardner Duncanson. Husband of Joan Duncanson, of West Coseley, Staffordshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NA513 |
Markings | EY-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Neufmoulin Communal Cemetery in the Somme |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 2-5. |
Epitaph | UNTIL THE DAY BREAK, AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY (Song of Solomon 2:17) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 158 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 52798 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 78 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Clubhouse, Breighton Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at this airfield and gave their lives during World War II |
Location | External, All Saints Church, Bubwith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | 78 Sqn 4 Group Bomber Command Yorkshire 1939 - 1945 To All Who Served |
Location | Internal, All Saints Church, Bubwith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Board, Memorial Chapel featuring Cross made from Halifax wreckage |
Memorial Text | The 78 Sqn Memorial in the Churchyard was dedicated by the Bishop of Selby on 7th September 1986. RAF Breighton, two miles from this church was the Sqn's home from June 1943 to May 1945 |
Location | Outside "B" Hangar, RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Slate Plaque |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of all who have lost their lives serving with 78 Sqn Royal Air Force "Nemo Non Paratus - Nobody Unprepared" |
Miscellaneous Information
His Father, a Lance Seargeant, died in service in 1920 with the Royal Field Artillery. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/661/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/661/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-07-1944 |
End Date | 19-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Breighton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Acquet- to attack a flying-bomb site. 62 aircraft- no new damage. 2 aircraft lost. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Neufmoulin in the Somme, France, NE of Abbeville |