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Military service
Service number:
J/27301
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
June 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
54. J. 6.
Additional information
Son of Ray E. Andrews and Vera S. Andrews, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
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Canadian Bomber Crew Memorial
<p>On November 9, 2014, a Canadian Bomber Crew Memorial was dedicated on Roade Memorial Green, Tal-y-Bont, Brecon Beacons, Wales to the six RCAF men who lost their lives when their Wellingtonbomber exploded over Roade 70 years previously.</p> <p>On July 6, 1942 a Wellington Bomber took off from the Operational Training Unit at Wellesbourne Mountford, near Stratford-upon-Avon, for a cross-country training exercise. In dense cloud the pilot decided to descend from his advised level of 10,000 feet to try and fix his position. He hit the summit of Waun Rydd. The crew were only 30 metres or so from clearing the wide plateau at the top of the mountain.</p> -
Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of ROBERT JOHN ANDREWS
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Document
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Letter
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Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 237 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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