Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of ROBERT CHARLES PEARSON – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Grave marker – Robert Charles Pearson_Foncquevillers Military Cemetery_Photo credit J Dyer_Aug 2021

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Engine – This is an engine recovered from the ill fated crash.

Memorial – Flying Officer Robert Charles Pearson is 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

Memorial – Flying Officer Robert Charles Pearson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Gravemarker – Beneath these 3 stones lie the remains of five members of a bomber crew. Robert C. Pearson's name appears on the bottom of the right stone. On the evening of 12 Jun 1944 the four-engined Halifax bomber (S/N LW135, markings "ZL-R" took off from Leeming to attack the railway station in Arras. Apparently a Luftwaffe nightfighter caught the aircraft and the Halifax crashed about 20 km SSW of Arras. Two of the crew survived; one evaded capture, and the other was caught by the Gestapo. Those who didn't survive are buried here, in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery. They are the only World War II casualties in this graveyard; the other 653 graves belong to WWI soldiers. According to the authoritative website www.lostbombers.co.uk, there is a memorial to this crew on the village green, in front of the local church. This photograph was taken in April 2006. Apparently a Luftwaffe nightfighter caught the aircraft and the Halifax crashed about 20 km SSW of Arras. Two of the crew survived; one evaded capture, and the other was caught by the Gestapo. Those who didn't survive are buried here, in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery. They are the only World War II casualties in this graveyard; the other 653 graves belong to WWI soldiers. According to the authoritative website www.lostbombers.co.uk, there is a memorial to this crew on the village green, in front of the local church. This photograph was taken in April 2006.

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