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Robert Ingersole Gates c. 1921 - 1943

Robert Ingersole Gates of Bottesford, Leicestershire County, England United Kingdom was born circa 1921 to Albert George Gates and Caroline Emma (Spring). Robert Gates died at age 21 years old on June 29, 1943, and was buried circa June 29, 1943 at Memorial ONLY, Runnymede Memorial Panel 192..

Robert Ingersole Gates

No. 467 Squadron in Bottesford, Leicestershire County, England United Kingdom

circa 1921

June 29, 1943

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Robert Ingersole Gates' History: circa 1921 - 1943

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1921

circa

Birthday

circa 1921

Birthdate

Unknown

Birthplace

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Military Service

Service number: 415132 Rank: Flight Sergeant Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force
06/29

1943

Death

June 29, 1943

Death date

Unknown
Cause of death

Unknown
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06/29

1943

circa

Gravesite & Burial

circa June 29, 1943

Funeral date
Memorial ONLY, Runnymede Memorial Panel 192. in United Kingdom
Burial location
Obituary

There is a Memorial for Robert at Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, England No known grave, it is believed his remains are still located in the spot where his plane crashed after being shot down by a German plane, the Lancaster crashed near the Hamlet of Hatenboer Holland, and at some stage, the Dutch AirForce will be excavating the site to see if they can locate his remains, Flight Sergeant Robert Ingersole GATES Service No: 415132 Born: Bridgetown WA, 9 August 1920 Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 July 1941 Unit: No. 467 Squadron, RAF Bottesford, Wiltshire Died: Air Operations: (No. 467 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ED363), North West Europe, 29 June 1943, Aged 22 Years Buried: Unrecovered CWGC Additional Information: Son of Albert George Gates, and of Caroline Emma Gates, of Boyup Brook, Western Australia. Roll of Honour: Boyup Brook WA Remembered: Panel 192, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK Remembered: Panel 110, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA Date: 28-29 June 1943 Target: Cologne Total Force: Dispatched – 608, Attacking – 540 RAAF Force: No. 460 Dispatched – 15, Attacking – 12; No. 466 – 13, 13; No. 467 – 20, 20 Tons of Bombs Dropped: 1,614 Total Aircraft Lost: 12 RAAF Aircraft Lost: No. 467 – 1 Cologne, third largest city of Germany, had almost entirely recovered from the experimental mass raid of May 1942, when four more attacks were made to round off the Ruhr campaign. … The second June raid (28-29 June) fell squarely on the centre of Cologne. Extract from Herington, J. (John) (406545) Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939-1943, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1954 – Pages 491, 2 Lancaster ED363 took off from RAF Bottesford at 2251 hours on the night of 28/29th June 1943 to bomb Cologne, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. Twenty aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid, and one ED 363 failed to return. Post war it was established that the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed at 0130 hours at the hamlet of Hatenboer (Limburg), 3 kms south west of Roermond, Holland. The crew members of ED 363 were: Sergeant George Reuben Stacey Cayless (1456974) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer) Warrant Officer Thomas William John Copeland (R129552) (RCAF) (Mid Upper Gunner) Sergeant B H Dolby (1213545) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner) PoW Flight Sergeant Robert Ingersole Gates (415132) (Pilot) Sergeant Jack Gordon Hole (1337529) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner) Sergeant Hugh Harvey Mooney (655855) (RAF) (Navigator) Sergeant E Pike (1346238) (RAFVR) (Bomb Aimer) PoW Sergeant Pike reported that “When I left the aircraft Sergeant Gates was unhurt and preparing to leave the aircraft. I have no further news.” Sergeant Dolby reported “I regret to say I have no further news concerning Gates except that he was still at the controls when I left at about 17,000 feet”. References: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804)) Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/15/68

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