Melville, Robert Lorraine
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Robert Lorraine |
Surname | Melville |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-07-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Charles and Mabel Maud Melville, of Coogee, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7524 |
Markings | LS-D |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | AIII. 11. 20. |
Epitaph | DUTY NOBLY DONE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 211 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 400637 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/38 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/37 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-07-1942 |
End Date | 16-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Lubeck- using cloud cover and a dusk approach |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed in the River Sneum near Esbjerg, Denmark |