Robertshaw, Cecil Burnley
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Cecil Burnley |
Surname | Robertshaw |
Gender | M |
Date of Death | 13-08-1944 |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LM265 |
Markings | JI-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 22. D. 11. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 233 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1379027 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 514 |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John the Evangelist, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial and RoH |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 514 Sqn who served at RAF Waterbeach 1943-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1978/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1978/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-08-1944 |
End Date | 13-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Waterbeach |
Day/Night Raid | Night (30% moon) |
Operation | Russelsheim to bomb the Opel motor factory, with normal PFF marking (unlike the concurrent Braunschweig raid). 297 aircraft, 20 losses (6.7%). Only slight damage was inflicted with may of the bombs falling in open countryside. |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have been shot down. Crashed in the village of Engelstadt, Germany. Sgt G. M. Holt, the Flight Engineer, survived and became a PoW |