Andersen, Robert Charles
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Robert Charles |
Surname | Andersen |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles and Beatrice Emma Andersen, of Merinda, Queensland, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND754 |
Markings | KO-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 7. F. 8. |
Epitaph | IN OUR HEARTS A MEMORY IS KEPT. WE WHO LOVED HIM WILL NEVER FORGET |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 414876 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/891/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/891/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 21-05-1944 |
End Date | 22-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Witchford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg. 532 aircraft, 29 Lancasters Lost (5.5%). This target is close enough to use Oboe marking, which was therefore accurate despite complete cloud-cover. Much damage was caused in the southern districts of the city with 350 buildings destroyed and 665 seriously damaged. 124 people were killed |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Duisburg-Beeckerwerth, Germany |