In Memory Of

ROBERTSON, FRANCIS HAROLD

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 42264
Rank:
 Squadron Leader
Unit:
 106 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-07-27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster R5748, took off on 26 July 1942 at 2330, a bombing raid over the city of Hamburg in Germany. The aircraft was shot down over Friesland by the German night fighter Lt. Lothar Linke, 11./NJG1, after that it crashed in Opeinde at 0205. In the crash, four crew members got killed
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 1.
Cemetery:
 SMALLINGERLAND (OPEINDE) PROTESTANT CEMETERY
Country:
 Netherlands
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 4 August 1942 pg. 3410
Son of Percy and Alice Robertson, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.