Flight Sergeant Charles Lloyd ROBINSON
Service No: 412270
Born: Petersham NSW, 29 May 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1941
Unit: No. 7 Squadron (RAF), RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 7 Squadron Lancaster aircraft JA653), Netherlands, 16 December 1943, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Lemsterland (Lemmer) General Cemetery, Friesland, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Henry and Eva May Robinson, of Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Lancaster JA653 took off from RAF Oakington at 1624 hours on the night of 16/17th December 1943 to bomb Berlin. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Post war it was established that the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 1805 hours on the 16th December 1943 on farmland owned by Mr Bangma at Follega (Friesland), 6 kms north north east of Lemmer, Netherlands, and all seven crew members were killed.
The crew members of JA653 were:
Flight Sergeant John Butterworth (408306) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Raymond Edgar Hedges (1800194) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant James Hurst (1817269) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Reginald McWha (414816) (Rear Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Charles Lloyd Robinson (412270) (Bomb Aimer)
Warrant Officer William Maitland Waterman (415061) (Navigator)
Warrant Officer Wallace Arthur Watson (412327) (Pilot)
Service No: 412270
Born: Petersham NSW, 29 May 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1941
Unit: No. 7 Squadron (RAF), RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 7 Squadron Lancaster aircraft JA653), Netherlands, 16 December 1943, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Lemsterland (Lemmer) General Cemetery, Friesland, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Henry and Eva May Robinson, of Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Lancaster JA653 took off from RAF Oakington at 1624 hours on the night of 16/17th December 1943 to bomb Berlin. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Post war it was established that the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 1805 hours on the 16th December 1943 on farmland owned by Mr Bangma at Follega (Friesland), 6 kms north north east of Lemmer, Netherlands, and all seven crew members were killed.
The crew members of JA653 were:
Flight Sergeant John Butterworth (408306) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Raymond Edgar Hedges (1800194) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant James Hurst (1817269) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Reginald McWha (414816) (Rear Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Charles Lloyd Robinson (412270) (Bomb Aimer)
Warrant Officer William Maitland Waterman (415061) (Navigator)
Warrant Officer Wallace Arthur Watson (412327) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Charles Lloyd ROBINSON
Service No: 412270
Born: Petersham NSW, 29 May 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1941
Unit: No. 7 Squadron (RAF), RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 7 Squadron Lancaster aircraft JA653), Netherlands, 16 December 1943, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Lemsterland (Lemmer) General Cemetery, Friesland, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Henry and Eva May Robinson, of Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Lancaster JA653 took off from RAF Oakington at 1624 hours on the night of 16/17th December 1943 to bomb Berlin. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Post war it was established that the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 1805 hours on the 16th December 1943 on farmland owned by Mr Bangma at Follega (Friesland), 6 kms north north east of Lemmer, Netherlands, and all seven crew members were killed.
The crew members of JA653 were:
Flight Sergeant John Butterworth (408306) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Raymond Edgar Hedges (1800194) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant James Hurst (1817269) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Reginald McWha (414816) (Rear Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Charles Lloyd Robinson (412270) (Bomb Aimer)
Warrant Officer William Maitland Waterman (415061) (Navigator)
Warrant Officer Wallace Arthur Watson (412327) (Pilot)
Service No: 412270
Born: Petersham NSW, 29 May 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1941
Unit: No. 7 Squadron (RAF), RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 7 Squadron Lancaster aircraft JA653), Netherlands, 16 December 1943, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Lemsterland (Lemmer) General Cemetery, Friesland, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Henry and Eva May Robinson, of Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Lancaster JA653 took off from RAF Oakington at 1624 hours on the night of 16/17th December 1943 to bomb Berlin. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Post war it was established that the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 1805 hours on the 16th December 1943 on farmland owned by Mr Bangma at Follega (Friesland), 6 kms north north east of Lemmer, Netherlands, and all seven crew members were killed.
The crew members of JA653 were:
Flight Sergeant John Butterworth (408306) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Raymond Edgar Hedges (1800194) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant James Hurst (1817269) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Reginald McWha (414816) (Rear Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Charles Lloyd Robinson (412270) (Bomb Aimer)
Warrant Officer William Maitland Waterman (415061) (Navigator)
Warrant Officer Wallace Arthur Watson (412327) (Pilot)
Gravesite Details
412270. Flight Sergeant, Royal Australian Air Force. Age 26. Son of Charles Henry and Eva May Robinson, of Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia.
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