Wright, Robert Wallis
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Robert Wallis |
Surname | Wright |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur Wallace Wright and Thelma Mary Wright, of Emerald, Victoria, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV954 |
Markings | NP-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Meharicourt Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Brit. Plot. Coll. grave 35. |
Epitaph | WE CHERISH HIS MEMORY HERE. WE COMMEND HIS SPIRIT TO GOD WHO GAVE IT |
Ribbon Stone | 0391 (Block 5, Column 15, Row 2) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 269 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 410780 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | Robert Wallis Wright RAAF 158 Sqn WOP/AG |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1049/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1049/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-04-1944 |
End Date | 19-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (20% moon) |
Operation | Tergnier- to bomb railway yards. 171 aircraft, 6 Halifax losses. A large number of railway lines were blocked but most of the bombs fell on residential areas. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Rosieres-en-Santerre, NW of Roye, Germany |