Evans, Robert Edwin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert Edwin |
Surname | Evans |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward James Evans and Ada Lavina Evans, of North Finchley, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | BF353 |
Markings | LS-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Harderwijk General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | British Plot 2. Grave 17. |
Epitaph | JUDGE NOT GRIEF BY THE WAY IT APPEARS FOR THERE'S MANY A HEART BURSTING WITH TEARS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 161 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1286192 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
Each year in November the local people of Harderwijk hold a ceremony to honour the 43 airmen who lie in their cemetery. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/42 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/41 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-09-1942 |
End Date | 17-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (42% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 369 aircraft, 39 losses (10.6%). Bombing was scattered but this was a successful raid on a difficult target. Considerable damage sustained at the strategic Krupps works and bombs also fell in neighbouring Wuppertal and Bochum |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into the Ijsselmeer, NW of Harderwijk |