In Memory Of
TOMLINSON, ROBERT DUNCAN CAMPBELL
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
1912-01-22
Service No:
905231
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Unit:
1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1942-03-18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Spitfire PR.IV R7035, operations over Norway. Failed to return after take off from Wick. When he reached Britain on his return the cloud was so thick he did not know where he was. An aircraft was heard overhead at the airfield he was supposed to land at, and at the time he was expected to arrive. His aircraft was never found, so it was assumed he ran out of fuel somewhere over the sea
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 76.
Cemetery:
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Surrey
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Major Reginald Stewart Weston and Ellen Tomlinson, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Born Pietermaritzburg. A mine surveyor. His brother also died in service
