Robert James Atkins
Pilot Officer · J/88345 · Canadian
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 27
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Hanover War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Mid-upper gunner, LV879 QB-A — Failed to return -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 27
Crew & operations
Flew as Mid-upper gunner with No. 424 Squadron (Tiger).
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft LV879 QB-A (Handley Page Halifax) — Failed to return
Crew: Alfred Hirst Crosland (Bomb aimer) · John Stanley Bolton (Flight engineer) · John Ross Mason (Navigator) · John Doig (Pilot) · Thomas James Rogers (Rear gunner) · Donald Stewart (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: ATKINS, ROBERT JAMES → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission