Service Details
Name:
 WATSON
Given Name:
 ROBERT GRANT
Initials:
 R G
Service No:
 33074
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Squadron Leader
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-09-03
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Date of Birth:
 1912-02-10
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Avro Lancaster I W4961, night operation to Berlin, crashed near Wunstorf
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas Browning Watson and of Eila Mary Watson (nee MacEacharn), of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Entered Grey House in 1918. After leaving Plumtree School in 1931 he obtained a Cadetship to the R.A.F. Cranwell. Between 1935 and 1937 he was in the Quetta earthquake and two North-West Frontier campaigns. On September 3rd, 1943, he took part in the raid over Berlin as leader of the Rhodesian Squadron No. 44 of Bomber Command, and was reported missing. Later it was ascertained by the International Red Cross that the plane was shot down at Velber Lenthe in Hanover. School Records : Matriculated, 1930; School Prefect, 1931; lance-corporal in Cadets, 1931; 1st Class Scout, 1929; School Swimming Team, 1931. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Hannover, Niedersachsen
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Cemetery:
 HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 12. D. 15.

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