Laurence William ROBB

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ROBB, Laurence William

Service Number:	418879
Enlisted:	19 June 1942
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Alexandra, Victoria. Australia , 20 November 1910
Home Town:	Ivanhoe, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling:	Trade School
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Flying Battle, Denmark, 10 April 1944, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Brande, Denmark Plot A. Row 7. Grave 8. Local Roll of Honour- Footscray Victoria Australia , Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery, Esbjerg, Jutland, Denmark
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 418879
19 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 418879
19 Jun 1942:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), No. 1 Initial Training School Somers
15 Aug 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School Ballarat
2 Feb 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School West Sale
4 Mar 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, Commissioned.
16 Apr 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, 2 Embarkation Depot
20 Apr 1943:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, 418879, Disembarked in U.K. on 3 June 1943.
4 Jun 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, 11 Personnel Depot and Receiving Centre
22 Jun 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, Bomber Command Training Units.
4 Sep 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
16 Sep 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 418879, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
16 Sep 1943:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Commenced Bomber Command Ops.
10 Apr 1944:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 418879, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), MIA confirmed KIA.
10 Apr 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 418879, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Lancaster ME663 of 460 Squadron RAAF based at RAF Binbrook was shot down by a German night-fighter / anti-aircraft fire after a mission to lay mines in the Baltic and crashed near the town of Aale in Denmark

Flight Sergeant Frederick Stanley Hodge DFM 426100 was taken Prisoner and survived the war

Flying Officer Charles Edward Suffren DFC 409280 survived but with severe injuries; he passed away in a Luftwaffe Military hospital in Germany 10 months after the crash and is buried in Durnbach Cemetery in Germany (he is referred to in Volume 9 of “Bomber Command Losses” by Chorley)

The 5 crewmen that were killed in the crash are buried in Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery in Denmark

CHAPMAN, Leslie Harold (Flight Sergeant) 410641

CROSBY, Peter Alan (Flight Lieutenant) DFC 416656

BILLETT, Clive (Flight Sergeant) 414191

ROBB, Laurence William (Flying Officer) 418879

BENDER, Milton Harold (Pilot Officer) DFC 173405 RAF

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