Hope-Robertson, Alastair Tennant
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Alastair Tennant |
Surname | Hope-Robertson |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 21-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Laurence Hope-Robertson and of Mora Tennant Hope-Robertson (Nee Sloan), of Moffat, Dumfriesshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ511 |
Markings | LK-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heerde General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 664. |
Epitaph | HE HAS OUTSOARED THE SHADOW OF OUR NIGHT . . . HE IS SECURE (Adaptation of a Percy Bysshe Shelly quote) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 184 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 127900 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 578 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Dowding House. Moffatt, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque on wooden bench |
Memorial Text | In memory of Fl/L A.T.H. Robertson of 578 Sqn. 1923 - 1944 |
Location | Adjacent to A19, Burn, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | For all who served in 578 Squadron Royal Air Force Burn 1944 - 1945 |
Location | Methodist Church, Burn, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text |
Location | Selby Abbey, Selby, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in Glass topped wooden cabinet |
Memorial Text | In memory of all 578 Sqn Aircrew who failed to return from Ops at RAF Burn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2052/15 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2050/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-07-1944 |
End Date | 21-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Burn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Bottrop- to attack a synthetic oil plant. 166 aircraft, 8 losses. The northern part of the target was badly damaged |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed between Oldebroek and Heerd, Holland |