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SGT James Donald Robertson

Birth
Death
2 Feb 1944
Burial
Ordsall, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England Add to Map
Plot
L 18
Memorial ID
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Rank: Sergeant
Trade:Wireless Op./Air Gunner
Service No:1438554
Date of Death:07/02/1944
Age:21
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 427 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn Grave Reference: Sec. L. Grave 18.
Cemetery:ORDSALL (ALL HALLOWS) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:Son of James and Margaret Ellen Robertson, of Retford.

From the book :- They Shall Grow Not Old.

Sgt James Donald Robertson (RAF) killed Feb 7/44 age 21. #427 Lion Squadron (Ferte Manus Certas). The crew of Halifax aircraft #LK 758 was returning from a training flight, when they crashed at the East boundary of Leeming aerodrome, Yorkshire.
Sgt (AG) Donald William Howard
W/O Albert William Nichol
WO2 Vincent Ronald Polowy
W O2(AG) Joseph Wilfrid Henri Vidal
Sgt (AG) Donald William Howard
and Sgt Stanley Harold Short
were also Killed in this incident.
Rank: Sergeant
Trade:Wireless Op./Air Gunner
Service No:1438554
Date of Death:07/02/1944
Age:21
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 427 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn Grave Reference: Sec. L. Grave 18.
Cemetery:ORDSALL (ALL HALLOWS) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:Son of James and Margaret Ellen Robertson, of Retford.

From the book :- They Shall Grow Not Old.

Sgt James Donald Robertson (RAF) killed Feb 7/44 age 21. #427 Lion Squadron (Ferte Manus Certas). The crew of Halifax aircraft #LK 758 was returning from a training flight, when they crashed at the East boundary of Leeming aerodrome, Yorkshire.
Sgt (AG) Donald William Howard
W/O Albert William Nichol
WO2 Vincent Ronald Polowy
W O2(AG) Joseph Wilfrid Henri Vidal
Sgt (AG) Donald William Howard
and Sgt Stanley Harold Short
were also Killed in this incident.

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