Whitson, Robert Daniel
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Robert Daniel |
Surname | Whitson |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Leroy Whitson and Mary Louise Whitson. Husband of Anne Laura Whitson, of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | LL687 |
Markings | EQ-M Berlin Special |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 17. D. 5. |
Epitaph | EVER LOVED AND REMEMBERED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 264 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/87973 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 408 (Goose) |
Trade | Navigator |
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 |
Miscellaneous Information
This crew were within a few days of being screened from operations |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-07-1944 |
End Date | 29-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. 307 aircraft. German night-fighters appeared on the return leg leading to 22 losses (7.2%). This was the first raid on Hamburg for a year and was not well concentrated. The Germans were unable to determine the aiming point from the bombing results. Most of the bombs fell on areas devastated during 1943. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Spreckens, SSW of Bremervörde, Germany |