Nicholson, Robert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert |
Surname | Nicholson |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter and Stella Nicholson, of Walkington, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7531 |
Markings | LS-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Odense (Assistens) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave BD. 355. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON. MOTHER, FATHER AND BROTHER JACK |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 219 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 954208 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Douneside House & Health Club, Tarland, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture of "McRobert's Reply" on stone pillar with metal plaque and McRoberts Coat of Arms |
Memorial Text | MacRobert's Reply. A Stirling bomber was purchased by Lady Rachel MacRobert in 1941 named MacRobert's Reply, to commemorate her three sons all killed as airmen, one in peace, two in war. |
Location | Access from Galsklintevej, leading towards Galsklint Camping, Fyn Islands Provincer |
Country | Denmark |
Memorial Type | Inscribed memorial stone & inscribed metal plaques |
Memorial Text | Denne sten rejstes paa stedet hvor 8 allierede flyvere blev skudt ned under kamp for frihed og ret 18 Maj 1942 |
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 |
Miscellaneous Information
MacRobert's Reply |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/34 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/33 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-05-1942 |
End Date | 18-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (7% moon) |
Operation | Mining in the Danish Sound |
Reason for Loss | Hit by ships' flak in the target area and the port engine caught fire. Came under sustained ground fire again a few minutes later and crashed W of Middelfart, Denmark |