LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Robert McAuly MURRAY
Service No: 424817
Born: Sans Souci NSW, 12 September 1911
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 October 1942
Unit: No. 15 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Mildenhall
Died: Air Operations: (No. 15 Squadron Lancaster aircraft HK627), Germany, 12 December 1944, Aged 33 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harriet Annie Murray, of Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Kensington NSW
Remembered: Panel 258, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1114 hours on 12 December 1944 Lancaster HK627 took off from Mildenhall to bomb an enemy target at Witten, Germany. The aircraft was shot down in flames at Stockum, some 4 miles north north east of Witten and all the crew members were believed killed. No trace could be found of Pilot Officer Murray or Flying Officer Lee who are listed as missing with no known grave.
The crew members of HK627 were:
Sergeant Leslie Garratt (1686892) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flying Officer Samuel Tudor Lee (154088) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Flight Lieutenant Roy Frederick Marsh (152610) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Robert McAuly Murray (424817) (Wireless Operator/Air)
Flight Sergeant Victor Stuckey (429001) (Navigator)
Sergeant John Swainston (1121382) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant John Dixon Wade (1694924) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
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, 166/28/484