Royal Australian Air Force, Service No: 417229 Age: 21 (Pilot)
Posting on Death: 115 Squadron, Witchford Cambridgeshire
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster LL 943; Place - France; Date - 19 July 1944.
Crashed at Laplaigne 6 Miles Southeast of Tournai during a raid on a Railway Junction at Aulnoye.
Son of Clarence Everard and Inez Lander Pellew, of Edwardstown, South Australia.
From the book:- They Shall Grow Not Old
Flying Officer Robert Everard Pellew (RAAF). Killed in Action Jul.19/44 age 20. #115 Squadron (Despite The Elements), Witchford, England. Lancaster aircraft LL 943 did not return from operations against Aulnoe, France. Pilot Officer Eric Ronald Tibbits (RAF) 24375815, Pilot Officer Fraser Clarke Hollenback (RCAF) 24375404, Sergeant (Air Gunner) Frederick Allen (RAF) 24375004, Sergeant ( Flt. Engr. ) Albert Edward Morton (RAF) 24375601, Sergeant (Air Gunner)Henry John William Simmonds (RAF) 14635217, Sergeant (Wireless Operator (Air) Edward Vivian Wakeman (RAF) 24375839 all perished in this incident.
Posting on Death: 115 Squadron, Witchford Cambridgeshire
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster LL 943; Place - France; Date - 19 July 1944.
Crashed at Laplaigne 6 Miles Southeast of Tournai during a raid on a Railway Junction at Aulnoye.
Son of Clarence Everard and Inez Lander Pellew, of Edwardstown, South Australia.
From the book:- They Shall Grow Not Old
Flying Officer Robert Everard Pellew (RAAF). Killed in Action Jul.19/44 age 20. #115 Squadron (Despite The Elements), Witchford, England. Lancaster aircraft LL 943 did not return from operations against Aulnoe, France. Pilot Officer Eric Ronald Tibbits (RAF) 24375815, Pilot Officer Fraser Clarke Hollenback (RCAF) 24375404, Sergeant (Air Gunner) Frederick Allen (RAF) 24375004, Sergeant ( Flt. Engr. ) Albert Edward Morton (RAF) 24375601, Sergeant (Air Gunner)Henry John William Simmonds (RAF) 14635217, Sergeant (Wireless Operator (Air) Edward Vivian Wakeman (RAF) 24375839 all perished in this incident.
Royal Australian Air Force, Service No: 417229 Age: 21 (Pilot)
Posting on Death: 115 Squadron, Witchford Cambridgeshire
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster LL 943; Place - France; Date - 19 July 1944.
Crashed at Laplaigne 6 Miles Southeast of Tournai during a raid on a Railway Junction at Aulnoye.
Son of Clarence Everard and Inez Lander Pellew, of Edwardstown, South Australia.
From the book:- They Shall Grow Not Old
Flying Officer Robert Everard Pellew (RAAF). Killed in Action Jul.19/44 age 20. #115 Squadron (Despite The Elements), Witchford, England. Lancaster aircraft LL 943 did not return from operations against Aulnoe, France. Pilot Officer Eric Ronald Tibbits (RAF) 24375815, Pilot Officer Fraser Clarke Hollenback (RCAF) 24375404, Sergeant (Air Gunner) Frederick Allen (RAF) 24375004, Sergeant ( Flt. Engr. ) Albert Edward Morton (RAF) 24375601, Sergeant (Air Gunner)Henry John William Simmonds (RAF) 14635217, Sergeant (Wireless Operator (Air) Edward Vivian Wakeman (RAF) 24375839 all perished in this incident.
Posting on Death: 115 Squadron, Witchford Cambridgeshire
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster LL 943; Place - France; Date - 19 July 1944.
Crashed at Laplaigne 6 Miles Southeast of Tournai during a raid on a Railway Junction at Aulnoye.
Son of Clarence Everard and Inez Lander Pellew, of Edwardstown, South Australia.
From the book:- They Shall Grow Not Old
Flying Officer Robert Everard Pellew (RAAF). Killed in Action Jul.19/44 age 20. #115 Squadron (Despite The Elements), Witchford, England. Lancaster aircraft LL 943 did not return from operations against Aulnoe, France. Pilot Officer Eric Ronald Tibbits (RAF) 24375815, Pilot Officer Fraser Clarke Hollenback (RCAF) 24375404, Sergeant (Air Gunner) Frederick Allen (RAF) 24375004, Sergeant ( Flt. Engr. ) Albert Edward Morton (RAF) 24375601, Sergeant (Air Gunner)Henry John William Simmonds (RAF) 14635217, Sergeant (Wireless Operator (Air) Edward Vivian Wakeman (RAF) 24375839 all perished in this incident.
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