Pilot Officer Richard David Roberts var fra United Kingdom. Hæderstegn: DFM, Distinguished Flying Medal.
Hans navn er på Panel 133 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Den 28. april 1943 styrtede HAL HR773 i Kattegat, måske omkring her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"28.-29. april 1943, Lysegrund i Kattegat, 10 km NV for Hesselø. Halifax B.II HR773 (NP-A). 158 BS, 4 BG, Lissett, Yorks. (Minering i Kattegat) 7 MIA.

9 fly fra 158 BS lagde miner mellem Gniben (her) og Anholt (her) i tidsrummet 00.10-01.20. Et fly blev observeret nedskudt af en tysk natjager i området.
Den 30. april opsamlede M/V »Vitus Bering« et landingshjul ca. 6 sømil NØ for Hesselø (omkring her). Ingen besætningsmedlemmer er fundet fra dette fly
men dele af vraget blev for år tilbage fundet af svømmedykkere på den angivne position." (FT 88-33-12) Se Minelægningsområder. 7 flyvere.

Pilot Officer Richard David Roberts was from the United Kingdom. Awards: DFM, the Distinguished flying Medal.  Aircrew Remembered has the citation!
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 133, 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.

On 28 April 1943 HAL HR773 crashed into the Kattegat, maybe about here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"28 - 29 April 1943, Lysegrund in the Kattegat, 10 km NW of Hesselø. Halifax B.II HR773 (NP-A). 158 BS, 4 BG, Lissett, Yorks. (Minelaying in the Kattegat) 7 MIA.

9 planes from 158 Squadron laid mines between Gniben (here) and Anholt (here) in the interval 00.10-01.20 hours. One plane was observed shot down by a German
night fighter in the area. On 30 April M/V »Vitus Bering« picked up a landing wheel app. 6 nautical miles NE of Hesselø (about here). No crew members have been
found from this plane, but years back scuba divers found parts of the wreckage at the position indicated." (FT 88-33-12)

See No. 158 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * Halifax Print * Halifax - Bless 'Em All. Halifax * Halifax-BC Museum.Canada * Halifax-RAF Museum *
Halifax-The Yorkshire Air Museum * LAN-HAL * 158 Squadron Association - Strength in Unity and Memorial to 158 Squadron stationed at RAF Lissett including videos.
Halifax II HR773 NP-A took off from  RAF Lissett at 21:42 on 28 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this and a citation for a DFM.) See Minelaying areas.
7 airmen.