LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Alfred Ernest ROBERTS
Service No: 409775
Born: Collingwood VIC, 25 May 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 October 1941
Unit: No. 164 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 164 Squadron Typhoon aircraft MN454), France, 6 June 1944, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Frenouville Churchyard, Calvados, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred Ernest and Georgina Roberts, of Middle Park, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Middle Park VIC
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the evening of 6 June 1944, Flying Officer Roberts in Typhoon MN454 was shot down by an Fw190 north-east of Caen and he was killed.
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
Franks, Norman L R, Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War, Volume 3 Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1944-1945, Midland Publishing UK, 2000
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/36/280