Alfred Robinson                                                                                   Updated: 24 NOV 2021

Airman: e777844.htm Surname: Robinson Init: A Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 149

P_link: p467.htm Plane: STI EJ106 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: The Skagerrak

Crash_d: d081043 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Sergeant Alfred Robinson, 21 år, var søn af George og Dinah Elizabeth Robinson, Carlisle, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 163 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Den 8. oktober 1943 styrtede STI EJ106 i Skagerrak vest for Løkken, måske omkring her.
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
7.-8. oktober 1943 (kl. 00.15). Jammerbugten. Stirling Mk. IH, EJ106 (OJ-O). 149 BS, 3 BG, Lakenheath, Suffolk.
Minering: »Silverthorn 12«, syd for Læsø (omkring her). 7 MIA.

Medens 343 bombefly fløj til Stuttgart, minerede 79 bombefly fra Brest til Skagen. Fra mineringsstyrken gik tre Stirlings tabt. To i nærheden af de
frisiske øer (her), og en på vej til Kattegat. Lidt over midnat blev et brændende fly rapporteret nedstyrtet V for Løkken (
måske omkring her). Umiddelbart efter nedstyrtningen blev nogle signalraketter observeret, og redningsbåden fra Løkken (her) stod ud. Efter 12 timers eftersøgning vendte båden tilbage uden resultat.
Man har ikke siden fundet spor efter EJ 106 og de syv besætningsmedlemmer." (FT 89-70-29) 7 flyvere. Se Minelægningsområder.

Sergeant Alfred Robinson, 21, was the son of George and Dinah Elizabeth Robinson, of Carlisle, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 163, 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 234.    

On 8 October 1943
STI EJ106 crashed into the Skagerrak west of Løkken, maybe about here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"7 - 8 October 1943 (00:15). Jammerbugten. Stirling Mk. IH, EJ106 (OJ-O). 149 BS, 3 BG, Lakenheath, Suffolk.
Minelaying: »Silverthorn 12«, south of Læsø (about here). 7 MIA.

While 343 bombers flew to Stuttgart, 79 bombers laid mines from Brest to Skagen. 3 Stirlings were lost from the minelaying formation. 2 near
the Frisian Islands (here) and 1 on its way to the Kattegat. Shortly after midnight a burning plane was reported to have crashed west of Løkken (
maybe about here).
Some signal rockets were seen right after the crash, and the lifeboat from Løkken sailed out. After a search of 12 hours the boat returned without any result.
No trace has ever since been found of EJ 106 and the 7 crew members." (FT 89-70-29) See Minelaying areas.

See No. 149 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * Stirling
Stirling III EJ106 OJ-O took off from RAF Lakenheath at 20:23 on 07 OCT 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)

7 airmen.