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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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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
<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>
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert John Andrews
For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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<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>
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flying Officer Robert John Andrews is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer Robert John Andrews is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 237 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Surrey, United Kingdom
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres.
In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
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