LEST WE FORGET
Squadron Leader Anthony Edward ROBINSON
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 39472 (RAF)
Born: Wollongong NSW, 28 July 1914
Enlisted in the RAF: 1937
Unit: No. 610 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 610 Squadron Spitfire aircraft EE767), France, 10 February 1943, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Grandcourt British Military Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred Edward Robinson and of Florence Emily Maria Robinson (nee Crowther); husband of Joan Patricia Myrtle Robinson (nee Leigh), of North Stoke, Oxfordshire
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Squadron Leader Robinson was an Australian Cadet trained for the RAF who embarked for the UK on 9 January 1937.
On the morning of 10 February 1943, Squadron Leader Robinson flying Spitfire EE767 was tasked for a circus sortie (bombers heavily escorted by fighters to bring enemy fighters into combat). EE767 was engaged by Fw190 aircraft from JG2 over Caen and Squadron Leader Robinson was killed.
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Franks, Norman L R, Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War, Volume 2 Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1942-1943, Midland Publishing UK, 1998
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9300, ROBINSON A E
Newton, Dennis A Few of the Few: Australians and the Battle of Britain, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT 2600, 1990