DAMBUSTERS Hay, Robert Claude (Bob)

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Hay
  • FORENAME
Robert Claude (Bob)
  • UNIT
617 Squadron,R.A.A.F.
  • RANK
Flight Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
407074
  • DATE OF DEATH
13th February 1944
  • AGE
30
  • GRAVESITE
Cagliari (St. Michele) Communal Cemetery,Sardinia,Italy I.B.5
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 4.11.1913 Renmark,South Australia
son of John Robert Clare and Margaret Kate Hay
husband of Honoria Edna Millicent Hay,Rockhampton,Queensland,Australia
enlisted RAAF 27.5.1940 Adelaide,South Australia
trainee 11.10.1940
to Canada 28.11.1940
Sergeant 23.6.1941
to England 6.7.1941
Flight Sgt 23.12.1941
455 Squadron
50 Squadron 24.4.1942
Pilot Officer 16.12.1942
award DFC (20.10.1942) (Flying Officer)
617 Squadron April 1943 (A/F/Lt)
award bar to DFC (Dams)
Flying Officer 16.6.1943
Flight Lt 23.7.1943
air bomber
Lancaster DV402
Antheor Viaduct,Italy
hit by AA fire over target (Hay was only fatality)
 
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