Herbert A. Roberts                                                                                  Updated: 19 MAR 2022

Airman: e777522.htm Surname: Roberts Init: H A Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 115

P_link: p108.htm Plane: WEL BJ693 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d140942 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Kl. 19.58 den 14. september 1942 lettede WEL BJ693 på et bombetogt mod Wilhelmshaven.
Flyet gik i havet, antageligt i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p108MACR)


K. J. Warner blev begravet i Esbjerg den 13. oktober 1942.
L. A. Shepherd blev ført fra Hjerpsted (her) til Esbjerg og begravet den 20. oktober 1942. (Kilde: FAF)

Sergeant Herbert Arthur Roberts var søn af Herbert John og Dorothy Mabel Roberts, Crowhurst, Surrey, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 92 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
Han var Rear Gunner på
WEL BJ693. (Kilde: MACR)

2 flyvere fra WEL BJ693 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i TYSKLAND. 3 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 6 flyvere.

At 19:58 on 14 September 1942 WEL BJ693 took off from RAF Marham on a bombing raid targeting Wilhelmshaven.
The plane was lost at sea, North Sea presumed. No survivors. (Source: p108MACR)

K. J. Warner was buried in Esbjerg on 13 October 1942.
L. A. Shepherd was taken from Hjerpsted (here) to Esbjerg and buried on 20 October 1942. (Source: FAF)

Sergeant Herbert Arthur Roberts was the son of Herbert John and Dorothy Mabel Roberts, of Crowhurst, Surrey, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 92, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 233.
He was the Rear Gunner of WEL BJ693. (Source: MACR)

2 airmen from WEL BJ693 were buried in Esbjerg, and 1 in GERMANY. 3 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 115 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * Vickers Wellington - Tangmere * Vickers Wellington.  

Wellington III BJ693 KO-J took off from RAF Marham at 19:58 on 14 SEP 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report.) 6 airmen.