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<span class=prefix>Flight Sergeant ( W.Op. )</span> Robert Edward Hardwick

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Flight Sergeant ( W.Op. ) Robert Edward Hardwick

Birth
Ledbury, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England
Death
25 May 1944 (aged 26–27)
Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Rheinberg, Kreis Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Add to Map
Plot
6. A. 2.
Memorial ID
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Robert Edward Hardwick, Son of William Charles and Rhoda Emily Hardwick of Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, and husband of Glynys May Gardner..... Robert was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Halifax LV918 158 Squadron crashed near the West Bahnhof Aachen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany..... Over the target, the aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; exploded and crashed.

Crew:-

Pilot : S/L Ralph Reavill RAFVR 122816 (NCO:1184693) [Killed]
F/E : F/L Cedric Charles Fox DFM RAFVR 146839 (NCO:1018963) [Killed]
Nav : F/O Walter James Rogers RAFVR 144769 (NCO:1376194) [Killed]
B/A : F/O Joseph Edward Hounam DFM RAF 149468 (NCO:1065852) [PoW]
W/Op : F/S Robert Edward Hardwick RAFVR 1325790 [Killed]
M/U : Sgt Frank Albert Spriggs RAF 1625363 [PoW]
R/G : F/S Donald Alexander Stewart RCAF 176832 [PoW]
Casualties lie in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Robert Edward Hardwick, Son of William Charles and Rhoda Emily Hardwick of Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, and husband of Glynys May Gardner..... Robert was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Halifax LV918 158 Squadron crashed near the West Bahnhof Aachen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany..... Over the target, the aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; exploded and crashed.

Crew:-

Pilot : S/L Ralph Reavill RAFVR 122816 (NCO:1184693) [Killed]
F/E : F/L Cedric Charles Fox DFM RAFVR 146839 (NCO:1018963) [Killed]
Nav : F/O Walter James Rogers RAFVR 144769 (NCO:1376194) [Killed]
B/A : F/O Joseph Edward Hounam DFM RAF 149468 (NCO:1065852) [PoW]
W/Op : F/S Robert Edward Hardwick RAFVR 1325790 [Killed]
M/U : Sgt Frank Albert Spriggs RAF 1625363 [PoW]
R/G : F/S Donald Alexander Stewart RCAF 176832 [PoW]
Casualties lie in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.

Inscription

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Gravesite Details

1325790


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