Profile image
Military service
Service number:
J/17511
Age:
24
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
420 Sqdn.
Birth:
January 8, 1919
Wolseley, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
January 29, 1940
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
June 1, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 175.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Bennett and Evelyn Ida Hollowell.
Brother of Pilot Officer Donald Terence Hollowell, who died during service with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Robert Spencer Hollowell
-
Inscription
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Runnymede Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Runnymede Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Panels
Panels - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Entrance - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Robert 'Spencer' Hollwell
Robert Spencer Hollwell, known as Spencer to his family. Hollowell Island in Hollowell Lake in Northern Saskatchewan is named after him. He and his brother Donald died within three months of each other, which brought an end to that branch of the Hollowell family in Canada. -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation Paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Other
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Robert Spencer Hollowell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Robert Spencer Hollowell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death
1943 Missing in Action - No Longer -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
21 May 1943 RAF Station Middleton St-George. The crew of an R.C.A.F. Wellington bomber from 420 Squadron, Left to right, Pilot Sgt Alexander Theodore Sodero; Bomb Aimer Sgt William Robert King, Navigator F/O George Henry Hubbell; Air Gunner F/Sgt Harry Llewellyn Davis; Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt Robert Spencer Hollowell. They will all be lost on 1 June 1943 while transiting from the United Kingdom to North Africa. (RCAF photo PL-15972)
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Spencer Hollowell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Spencer Hollowell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Spencer Hollowell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Spencer Hollowell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Spencer Hollowell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Spencer Hollowell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Spencer Hollowell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Spencer Hollowell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Spencer Hollowell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 171 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.