LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Robert William FARROW
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 41388 (RAF)
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 114 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 114 Squadron Blenheim IV aircraft N6157), France, 3 March 1940, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Thomas and Elizabeth Farrow, of Kingsford, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Commemorative Roll, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
During a training flight on 3 March 1940, Blenheim N6157 crashed near Auxerre (Yonne), France and two of the crew members were killed. The crew members of N6157 were:
Pilot Officer Robert William Farrow (41388) (RAF) (Pilot)
Aircraftman Class II Arthur William Bates Sanders (RAF) (620465) (Wireless Air Gunner) Aged 17 Years
Sergeant Wallis (RAF) (Observer) Safe
References:
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll On-Line Records
Chorley, W.R. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 1 Aircraft and Aircrew Losses 1939-1940, Midland Counties Publications UK, 1992
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records