LEST WE FORGET

Flight Sergeant Robert Charles STRANGE

Service No: 425242
Born: Bowen QLD, 6 October 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 January 1942
Unit: No. 156 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Warboys
Died: Air Operations: (No. 156 Squadron Lancaster aircraft JB483), Germany, 14 January 1944, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Frederic and Catherine Ann Strange, of Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Bowen QLD
Remembered: Panel 131, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

At 1647 hours on the night of 14 January 1944 Lancaster JB483 took off from Warboys detailed to bomb Brunswick, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was lost and all the crew members were killed.

The crew members of JB483 were:

Sergeant Noel Reginald James Evans (1393145) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Warrant Officer Victor Archibald Maudsley Hedges DFC (24163) (Flight Engineer)
Warrant Officer II Herbert Helmer Kinghorn (R/126655) (RCAF) (Navigator)
Sergeant Kenneth Lewis Johnson (957399) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flying Officer George Palmer (155490) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Edward Douglas Panniers (1314367) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Robert Charles Strange (425242) (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, 166/38/394

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