DAMBUSTERS Roberts, Charles Walpole

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Roberts ​

• FORENAME

Charles Walpole ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flight Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

1269945 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th May 1943 ​

• AGE

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• GRAVESITE

Bergen General Cemetery,Netherlands Plot 2 Row E Grave 17 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born Cromer,Norfolk​

trainee accountant in civilian life​

RAF 1940​

1 RC 17.10.1940​

9 RC 26.10.1940​

A&EE 29.11.1940​

9 RW 4.1.1941​

6 ITW 15.3.1941​

Bulawayo,Rhodesia 31.7.1941​

28 EFTS 28.8.1941​

75 AS 22.9.1941​

47 AS 7.11.1941​

43 AS 21.2.1942​

3 PRC (UK) 14.4.1942​

10 OTU 14.7.1942​

9 Flight 8.11.1942​

1661 CU 9.11.1942​

1660 CU 15.12.1942​

57 Squadron 13.3.1943​

617 Squadron 25.3.1943​

navigator​

Lancaster ED887​

Op.Chastise (Mohne Dam)​

shot down by flak 0258 hours off Castricum aan Zee,Holland​

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