Ochsner, Robert Duncan
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Robert Duncan |
Surname | Ochsner |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest Robert and Alice Louisa Ochsner, of Bittern Lake, Alberta, Canada. Husband of Roberta Ochsner. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster II |
Serial Number | DS726 |
Markings | EQ-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Seranvillers-Forenville Military Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave Row H. Grave 1A. |
Epitaph | HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 220 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/85342 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 408 (Goose) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial and inscribed slate tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 408 (Goose) and 426 (Thunderbird) Squadrons of R.C.A.F |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-06-1944 |
End Date | 13-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (58% moon) |
Operation | Cambrai- to bomb railway facilities. Part of a 671 aircraft force to further hamper lines of communications leading to the Normandy area. Cambrai and Caen attacks were scattered but Amiens, Arras and Poitiers were accurate. 23 aircraft were Lost (3.4%) including that of Charles Mynarski VC, the subject of the Canadian Lancaster 'Vera'. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Seranvillers-Forneville, SSE of Cambrai, France |