LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Guy Parker ROBERTS
Service No: 423383
Born: Drummoyne NSW, 7 November 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 June 1942
Unit: No. 40 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 40 Squadron Wellington aircraft LN797), Italy, 7 September 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Bologna War Cemetery, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Percy Lawson and Mabel Roberts, of Sydney, New South Wales. Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Municipality of Hunters Hill War Memorial Honour Rolls, Hunters Hill NSW
At 1919 hours on 6 September 1944 Wellington LN797 took off from Foggia Main Landing ground to bomb Bologna marshalling yards, Italy. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. Other crews returning from the mission reported seeing yellow lights in the sea in position 42.55N 014.39E, and a ship was observed steaming towards the scene. All the crew members lost their lives.
The crew members of LN797 were:
Sergeant Victor Stanley James Belt (547685) (RAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Maxwell Dobson (0193809) (RAF) (Navigator)
Sergeant Thomas Morris (1822603) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator Air)
Flying Officer Alfred John Quin (162262) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Flying Officer Guy Parker Roberts (423383) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/36/354
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line