Moore, Robert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert |
Surname | Moore |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 11-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of James and Ellen Moore, of Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | BB212 |
Markings | LQ-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. K. 1. |
Epitaph | UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 214 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1040804 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1788/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1788/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-03-1943 |
End Date | 12-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Topcliffe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (33% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 314 aircraft, 11 losses (3.5%). PFF claimed accurate marking but the Germans used decoy markers for the first time. Consequently, most of the bombs fell on open countryside. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down from 17000' by an Me 110 on outbound leg. The remaining crew became PoWs. |