Eaton, Robert James
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Robert James |
Surname | Eaton |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 02-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of James Bygrove Eaton and Selina Marjorie Eaton, of Albury, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XX |
Serial Number | KB206 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 15361. |
Epitaph | HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 159 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 430960 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | PFNTU |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Edward the Confessor Church, Stone, Staffordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stencilled wooden board |
Memorial Text | In memory of the crew of PFNTU Mosquito KB206 which broke up in mid-air on 2nd March 1945 |
Location | Tythe Farm, Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the Pathfinder Force Navigation Training Unit, RAF Warboys 1944 to 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-03-1945 |
End Date | 02-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Warboys |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- high level cross country exercise (night, at 27000') |
Reason for Loss | Two hours into the sortie, the aircraft broke up and crashed near Basford Cheddleton, Staffordshire |