LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Robert AMBLER
Service No: 412227
Born: Arncliffe NSW, 8 February 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1941
Unit: No. 2 Instrument Flying School (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Instrument Flying School Master aircraft DL347), Scotland, 4 June 1943, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Montrose (Sleepyhillock) Cemetery, Angus, Scotland
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ellen Ambler, of Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Arncliffe NSW
Remembered: Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 4 June 1943, Master DL347 stuck a tree and crashed at Angus, Scotland and the crew members were killed.
The crew members of DL347 were:
Flight Sergeant Robert Ambler (412227) (First Pilot)
Sergeant Basil Meadowcroft (1380040) (RAFVR) (Second 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, 166/3/62